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From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
> "It would be a blessing for all if those working on the XML standard would
> simplify entity processing a bit more and fight like the devil against any
> and all attempts to restuff the relatively Spartan design of XML with
> padding and fluff from SGML's historical legacy. From the perspective of
> the Desperate Perl Hacker, XML would do well to simplify a bit more, and
> cannot afford to add complications of relatively little value." [3]
Except, of course, the alternatives to entities of
- XInclude
- XLink
- XBase
- XML Schemas <redefine>, substitution groups, etc etc
do not necessarily represent a decrease in simplicity.
I see Liam is giving a paper on structured attributes. More fiddling while Rome
burns?
Cheers
Rick
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