From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Peter Kirk scripsit: > > On 13/08/2003 11:09, Philippe Verdy wrote: > > > > >... For this reason, defective > > >combining sequences (combining characters without a leading base > > >character) should be forbidden (invalid for XML). > > > > > > > > If there is even the remotest possibility of this happening, we need to > > know quickly! > > As a member of the XML Core Working Group of the W3C, I can assure you that > there is not even the remotest possibility of it.
OK, "forbidden" is possibly excessive. Do you prefer the terms "strongly discouraged in favor of a new encoding" that could be used by applications that are concerned by security and parsing issues? If there's no such new encoding proposed, at least XML Core WG members could discuss about the way to solve the security problems. There may exist some solutions which I did not think about...
