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   Re: [xml-dev] Elliotte Rusty Harold on Web Services

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> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> > [WS folks] chose XML, and they have
> > concommitantly also chosen to " violate the fundamental design of XML".  It's
> > that simple.
> 
> And what parts of the fundamental design are being violated?  DTD's?
> 
> It seems to me that saying WS don't use DTD's and in exchange network
> messages can now be manipulated with the same tools as the rest of
> the XML toolbox is a pretty cool thing.  It's an excellent tradeoff
> to avoid a return to IIOP RMI etc.

I didn't say anything about whether or not it's an excellent tradeoff for WS 
folks.  I have several times said that I am not interested in that subthread.

But yes, rejecting XML documents that use DTD is a violation of XML's 
fundamental design.  Or do you claim that DTDs are not a part of XML's 
fundamental design?


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
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Python Generators + DOM - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/08/py-xml.html
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