Re: [xml-dev] ten years later, time to repeat it?

[Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>]

Len Bullard wrote:

> My problem with the subset idea is simply what this thread usually produces:
> it's tough to get buy in on what to leave in or leave out.   IME, DTDs are
> more likely to be understood by non-XML-Dev developers than XSD, yet it is
> always top of the death list.  Everyone hates namespaces but no one has a
> proposal to submit.  And so on...
> 

DTDs aren't on the death list. They're on the move list.

The internal DTD subset is on the death list. That's a critical 
distinction.

The internal DTD subset is probably the single biggest stumbling block 
for parser implementers.

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