Not only that, but in the end it is the client who decides the "real" semantics of the document with or without DTDs and Schemas.
Noel --- Gary Bisaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, this strikes me as just a little bit extreme. > I agree that you ought > to write DTDs or schemas (just yesterday I had to > make one of our developers > do so, and our own internal XML infrastructure > requires them). But to call > documents without DTDs/schemas "not XML" and > unworthy of configuration > management is certainly not supported by the XML > spec or common usage. For > one thing, as I'm sure you know, the XML spec does > not seem to deprecate > well-formed XML documents. When I was in the W3 XML > working group (1999) > there was certainly a group of us (not everybody) > who believed that > well-formed documents had a place in the world. > > And if we take this tack, what about constructs not > declarable with DTDs? > XML Schemas will certainly improve this, but many > people are not using them > yet. Are DTDs with "ANY" declarations also not XML, > since they really don't > describe the semantics of the document? Since DTDs > can't describe data types > or other restrictions (such as field length), is any > DTD'ed document "not > XML"? > > DTDs and schemas are good and should be used > wherever possible. But there > are realities of life. > > <>< gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Greg A. Woods > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:56 AM > To: Peter Ring > Cc: CVS-II Discussion Mailing List > Subject: RE: merge mode for XML > > <rant>There's a class of simple XML documents that > live and > > die without getting near either a DTD or revision > control. > > Without a schema and accompanying documentation, > there's no > > way to tell the semantics of the XML document, and > not much > > point in version management.</rant> > > Amen. I couldn't agree more! > Those who dare call such things "XML" are sadly > mistaken. > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
