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From the XML user's perspective, I'd add one things to Derek's list
- size [especially redundant end tags]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@intergraph.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:34 PM
> To: Dare Obasanjo
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Partyin' like it's 1999
>
> I think Derek is right, but again, I'm interested in the
> strength of the consensus of the developers regardless of
> what they build. It is much easier to identify an XML tool
> builder than an XML user, and I do think the strong
> complaints are from the former.
>
> For documentation, Derek cites (in his order significant or not):
>
> 1. Allowed characters
> 2. Whitespace
> 3. Namespaces
>
> len
>
>
> From: Dare Obasanjo [mailto:dareo@microsoft.com]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hunsberger, Peter [mailto:Peter.Hunsberger@STJUDE.ORG]
>
> > Since I don't have to write any tools to actually support DTDs they
> > actually sort of, almost, help me more than they hinder. Maybe Len
> > needs to divide the question between two
> > (more?) camps: 1) XML users, 2) XML tool builders?
>
> True. A lot of the complaints at the XML DevCon Mike Champion
> references are more from XML tool builders than from XML
> users. For example, I haven't really seen any users complain
> about DTDs especially when compared to the number of gripes I
> see weekly from Derek's top 3 list at
> http://nothing-more.blogspot.com/2004/10/where-xml-goes-astray.html
>
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