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   Re: [xml-dev] Talking of HTML.... Anyone like lock-in?

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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 09:20 +0300, Henri Sivonen wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2005, at 20:29, Robin Berjon wrote:
> 
> > Dave Pawson wrote:
> >> http://copia.ogbuji.net/blog/2005/08/10#Today_s_XM
> 
> > Mandatory DTD can be up for discussion given how it's been used in the 
> > past for quirks mode detection and the such, but for sure if there's 
> > any way to do without it, I sure won't mind.
> 
> I consider DTDs harmful in the browser context in particular, 

At least with DTD's and XML we have the option.
With XHTML as proposed, you've lost that option.

More fodder aimed for tag-soup?

regards DaveP







 

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