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RE: [xml-dev] Data streams and schema use and identification

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To: "'Dan Vint'" <dvint@mindspring.com>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Data streams and schema use and identification
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:46:58 +0100
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In-reply-to: <5.2.1.1.2.20030423080053.02ee7e98@mail.dvint.com>
Reply-to: <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>

> One of the biggest 
> comforts of SGML was the idea of "No surprises" everything should be 
> declared and obvious so I would know why something failed.

I was very surprised indeed when I discovered that XML defined a
document as valid if it conformed to whatever DTD the document author
cared to nominate, as distinct from the DTD required by the document
recipient.

Michael Kay

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- Re: [xml-dev] Data streams and schema use and identification
  - From: Dan Vint <dvint@mindspring.com>

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