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   Re: [xml-dev] XML is easy, was: Re: SV: [xml-dev] XML=WAP? And DOA?

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I think "disaster" is a rather strong word. XHTML 1.1 is not even a year old
yet. I'd give it a few more months before complaining. No schema validator
handles all of W3C XML schema yet (those that claim to are buggy as hell or
support a subset).

At least it isn't as bad as programming language implementations, no one has
yet fully implemented a standards compliant C++ compiler (4 year old spec) or
C99 compiler (2 year old spec) yet.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>
To: "Mike Champion" <mc@xegesis.org>; <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML is easy, was: Re: SV: [xml-dev] XML=WAP? And DOA?


> > Mike Champion wrote:
> > >
> > > The issues here aren't with XML 1.0 so much as with DOM, XSLT, SVG,
> > > CSS, etc. I'm saying "just make SURE that the complex stuff those
> > > wizards and GUIs generate truly interoperate," don't take the
> > > vendor's word for it. "We make it easy" is the first step down the
> > > road to interoperability Hell. Is that really so unfair, to MS or
> > > anyone else?
> > >
> > Amen Mike, I mean if you guys can't commit to a conformant implementation,
> > don't let the REC out the door.
> >
>
> One more thought:
>
> How many validators can validate XHTML 1.1?
>
> MSXML bags it because it doesn't accept defaulted xmlns attributes -- and
> since validation is all XML 1.0, I can't see why that should have bearing on
> validation.
>
> How many DTD/schema editors can edit the XHTML 1.1 (e.g. Modularization)
> DTD? None I've found.
>
> This is a disaster. You have a full W3C recommendation for the latest
> _XHTML_ of all things -- not like its intended to be some fringe
> specification, and nothing seems capable of dealing with it properly. Who is
> at fault here?
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
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