Re: [xml-dev] Towards XML 2.0

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

> I can't see that allowing -- in comments is important enough to break
> the tool chain. If it were really that important, I'd suggest dropping
> comments completely and replacing them with<?comment text ?>  but it's
> probably simpler to just leave them in as is, imperfect though they
> are.
>
Let's break compatibility of both data and tools; just make sure there 
is a clean migration route in both directions for the data, which is 
where the big investment is.

For a comment syntax, what's wrong with <xml:comment>....</xml:comment>?

Michael Kay
Saxonica