Re: [xml-dev] XMLisms and HTML parsing and modes (was: Re: XML5)

[Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>]

On Dec 16, 2010, at 14:13, Liam R E Quin wrote:

> This <syntax /> came from SGML and was already legal in HTML from a
> formal standards perspective.

My understanding is that Annex K was added to SGML in late 1997 for the specific purpose of making XML 1.0 a subset of SGML. This was after HTML had been deployed.

Also, I believe no IETF or W3C HTML spec that pretends HTML to be an application of SGML actually enables the NET-enabled start tags.

Am I mistaken? 

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