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RE: What is an XML document?



Should it be "accessible as a unit" instead of "processed as a unit" ?

Jerry Murray
jmurray@ironplanet.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob DuCharme [mailto:bob@udico.com]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:56 AM
To: xml-dev@xml.org
Subject: Re: What is an XML document?


I think the SGML spec's definition has held up pretty well over the years:
"a collection of information that is processed as a unit." (ISO 8879 4.96)
The "processed as a unit" part is nice, because it doesn't require the
information to be *stored* as a unit.

Bob DuCharme          www.snee.com/bob           <bob@
snee.com>  "The elements be kind to thee, and make thy
spirits all of comfort!" Anthony and Cleopatra, III ii