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Re: DocBook 4.0 - SGML or XML?
- To: Norman Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: DocBook 4.0 - SGML or XML?
- From: Karl Eichwalder <ke at gnu dot franken dot de>
- Date: 01 Jun 2000 19:13:02 +0200
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:
> XML V1.0 is SGML. I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that XML
> V1.0+delta will also be SGML.
I'd would be hard (and stupid) to break SGML conformance at the document
level.
> In fact, schema languages other than DTD syntax already break SGML
> compatibility at some level, at least conceptually.
AFAIK, "Schemata" will add additional contraints -- people who really
need contraints might be better served with an SQL system (IMO) or check
them on the application level.
"schema languages" sic -- no standard thus far, more than one offering.
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