Re: [xml-dev] life support for DTDs? was RE: [xml-dev] misprocessing namespaces)

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james anderson <>
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2002-02-01T12:58:48Z
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Re: [xml-dev] life support for DTDs? was RE: [xml-dev] misprocessing namespaces)
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The validation algorithm does not change.

So long as the parser performs interns "correctly",

 (see http://www.cl-xml.org/code/xquerydatamodel/xqdm-qnames.lisp)

the name identity comparison, upon which validation depends, does not
change at all.

 (see http://www.cl-xml.org/code/xquerydatamodel/xqdm-validation.lisp)

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Jonathan Borden wrote:
> 
> Rick,
> 
> Wow. it is that easy. So what is the excuse for not doing this?
> 
> ...
> 
> Actually, it does not even need any change in DTD syntax AFAIK.
> It just needs a change in the way that validation is performed using DTDs.
>