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- From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:42:07 -0400 (EDT)
A. G. McDowell writes:
> I have made a quick search for RFCs promoting the well-known
> internet dictum
>
> "Be liberal in what you accept and conservative in what you send"
>
> So far I have found RFC 1122 (perhaps the widest quoted), RFC 791,
> and RFC 1896. This dictum sounds sensible and has been tested in
> practice. I don't see how a browser could justify going any further
> than raising some sort of warning indicator when faced with
> something it could interpret unambiguously, but dislikes.
It really depends on how serious the consequences of misinterpretation
might be. Imagine, for example, that the browser tried to supply a
missing tag and incorrectly rendered a chemical from the list of
cleaning agents that *shouldn't* be used to the list of cleaning
agents that *should* be used.
Now, imagine that an aircraft maintenance mechanic then used that
cleaning agent on the insulation around the wiring that passes through
a jet's fuel tank.
All the best,
David
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