Re: [xml-dev] MicroXML

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:31:03 -0800, Henri Sivonen <> 
 wrote:
 
 
>> (a) Allowing something like <br></br>
>
> There's legacy content that looks "wrong" if that doesn't render as
> two line breaks.
>
>> (b) Allowing something like <a/>
>
> There's legacy content that looks "wrong" if that's treated as an
> empty element.

 The desire to perpetuate bugs in the name of supporting long-gone users 
 has a name:  Microsoft Office.

 Cheers
 Rick Jelliffe