xml-dev - Why ANY is so restrictive?

[Paul Tchistopolskii <paul@qub.com>]

Hello.

About one year ago I have posted the letter to XML-dev list 
asking was there some practical reason behind  making 'ANY' 
so restrictive in XML v 1.0.

I proposed to change the semantics of ANY to 
'anything well-formed is fine'. 

There was a silence on this topic. I got no explanation 
why ANY is so restrictive. 

Maybe now somebody would try to explain what was 
the purpose of such a restrictive 'ANY' in XML 1.0 ?

After a year I still think current 'ANY'  does not solve 
any practical problem.

OK, OK  maybe it does ... But 'anything-well-formed' 
solves the same problem for sure + much more 
problems. 

Is there *any* reason having 'ANY' so restrictive?

Thank you very much for the explanation ( if any ).

Rgds.Paul.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mike Brown <mbrown@corp.webb.net>
To: <xsl-list@mulberrytech.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: RE: Where can I find the XSLT DTD?


> Rick Geimer wrote:
> > you could just define all the XHTML elements with the ANY keyword.
> 
> Almost. ANY means any *declared* element. You still have to declare the
> elements, and when you declare the elements, you have to declare what their
> contents can be.
>