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   Re: [xml-dev] Web Design Principles (was Re: [xml-dev] Generalityof HTTP

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On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 16:02, John Cowan wrote:
> Mike Champion scripsit:
> 
> > Be Tolerant in What You Accept, Strict in What You Produce
> 
> This principle is being strongly questioned nowadays, after the
> tag-soup problems with HTML.  Strict-strict is now more the
> order of the day, as in XML.

At the syntactical level - only ship well-formed content if you call it
XML - I'm happy to agree completely.

Above that, there's lots and lots of room for disagreement.
 
-- 
Simon St.Laurent
Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
Errors, errors, all fall down!
http://simonstl.com





 

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