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On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 12:05 -0400, Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote:
> > Sure. I pointed out that Infoset connection in the article. This
> > distinction has not been common knowledge. Considering that the
> > Infoset
> > is not normative in a surprising number of XML applications (i.e.
> > you're
> > not using WXS, XQuery, c14N, XInclude, etc.), this is certainly
> > something that there should have been at least some more attention to
> > in
> > the XML 1.0 spec. Evidence for that is that element parse order is a
> > question that does come up among users in practice, and they tend to
> > look to the spec for inspiration.
>
> I think that if anything, all discussion of processing, including
> attribute order, should be removed from the spec. XML is a syntax, and
> what applications do with it is entirely up to them. Parser behaviour
> is best defined in that standard (i.e. SAX et al)...
What standard? Many parsers do not use SAX. There is no standard
processing model. Users do seek a standard processing model. That's
the problem.
> and that will
> determine the "infoset" that results when using those parsers. Whether
> the parser specifications themselves refer to yet another spec
> (InfoSet) is an open question...
I understand your basic point. If there were a standard processing
model, that would be one thing. The problem is that there isn't, and
it's well demonstrated that this is a source of confusion. This
confusion is the problem. It could be solved in any number of ways, of
course, but saying so doesn't itself make up a solution.
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Use CSS to display XML, part 2 - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss2-i.html
XML Output with 4Suite & Amara - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/04/20/py-xml.html
Use XSLT to prepare XML for import into OpenOffice Calc - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-oocalc/
Schema standardization for top-down semantic transparency - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think31.html
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