Re: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML

[Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@propylon.com>]

>[Henry Thomson]
>So I think I know where this is going, but just to be sure -- why
>_isn't_ the Infoset that data model?

Because the infoset is a *bag* data structure. It provides a
taxonomy of "things" that can be emmitted by a processor
without providing any mechanisms whereby certain
things can be mandated or proscribed by particular apps.

My recent travails with editors/browsers/round-tripping
SAX programs reported on this list illustrate the
problem. My contention is that having a mechanism for
specifying what infoset items are produced/consumed and
round-tripped by XML applications would be a big help.

This is the problem I was scratching at with XFM
almost exactly two years ago now:
http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Dec-1999/0002.html

regards,
Sean