Still quizzing Microsoft on minimization

[Andrew Layman]

Thanks for catching the error.  That copy is out-of-date.  I'll send a note
to Dr. Gui and ask for it to be fixed.

--Andrew Layman
   AndrewL at microsoft.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wendell Piez [SMTP:marcus at lab.com]
> Sent:	Monday, December 29, 1997 10:46 AM
> To:	XML Dev
> Subject:	Still quizzing Microsoft on minimization
> 
> FWIW, this is quoted from a page currently on the Microsoft site:
> http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/news/drgui/102097.htm --
> 
> > Tags may be ended in one of three ways. As in HTML, <TAG> is ended by
> > </TAG>. Since XML is strict about proper nesting, you can also end the 
> > innermost tag with </>, which is much simpler....
> 
> I suppose this may result from nothing more nefarious than confusion
> within Microsoft with regard to what makes legal XML. But might not such
> confusion be consequential if and as it spills into the marketplace?
> 
> Or is this copy merely out of date? (The file name suggests it was keyed
> in October.) Is it still a live question whether Microsoft applications
> and/or guidelines will be fostering the deployment of "XML" repositories
> using tag minimization? I browsed this page today, Dec. 29 1997.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Wendell Piez
> HuskyLabs
> wendell at lab.com
> 
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