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- From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:42:35 -0400
> XML as initially created was supposed to be a true subset of
> SGML, but such things as the optional occurence markers
> in DTD element declarations, and the empty tag syntax,
> were not SGML-conformant.
Not quite true.
I think the main thing was actually the hexadecimal numeric
character references, or some such. Empty end tag syntax
was cast in terms of NET (which I think Steve DeRose
proposed)
The essence of your message is correct however. Full XML/SGML
compatability came only after 1997.
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