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Re: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples of MicroXML"

>> There is no need for it, just as there is no need for inbuilt
>> linking in full fat xml.
>
> Oh yes there is.  But don't take my word for it - as Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis and Ian Robinson state in their book [1]:

It's been discussed quite frequently on the various lists, and the
usual conclusion is that links are best modelled in the xml using
whatever is suitable to the domain, and the actual linking
functionality is provided in the view layer.

>> The single purpose of a simplified xml was to make it easier
>> for non-xml developers to create and process.
>
> You mean web developers, don't you?
>
> I believe MicroXML arose in concept out of this post by James Clark:

...which may or may not have arisen from this thread:

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