Re: [xml-dev] Status of MicroXML?

[Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>]

On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 21:05 -0500, Amelia A Lewis wrote:
[...]
> I liked Liam's catalog.  I don't think that it represents consensus,

Neither do I - my goal was to try and list the main issues that had
been discussed.

> Take the XQuery Data Model.  From the seven node kinds, remove 
> 'Namespace' and 'Document'.  Remove everything that follows as a 
> consequence.

The XDM is a better starting point than the XML Infoset (which is in
fact no more han a glossary, not a data model at all), but XDM is still
more API-oriented than document/interchange oriented.  There needs to be
a middle ground.

Best,

Liam

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