Re: Why XML is perferable

[Harald Alvestrand]

At 08:16 24/02/2001 -0800, Sean Finn wrote:
>Even if a "local"/file URL is specified, how can this compound
>document get distributed via Email ... mailers vary greatly in
>how they deal with attachments.

MHTML specification, RFC 2557.
The only (AFAIK) compound document format within our repertoire.
If we accept HTML or any other format with natural embedded references (and 
don't outlaw their use), RFC 2557 is the least bad alternative I know.

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