Namespaces and XML validation

[John E. Simpson]

At 03:13 PM 8/10/98 -0700, Lisa Rein wrote:
>peter murray rust wrote:
>> As I have often
>> (probably boringly) said, I think my community is far more interested in
>> semantic than syntactic validity. (Actually they probably don't care about
>> either much...)
>How can you possibly have one without the other?  If your syntax is
>bogus -- you won't get far with semantics.  How can you?  

Don't want to put words in his mouth, or his keyboard, but I think Peter's
point was that his community -- chemists -- don't give a hoot whether
>start< or <start> are valid XML tags; all they care about is that (using
this example) some provision is made for "starting." Peter himself seems to
have a fine grasp of the interdependence between semantics and syntax.

John E. Simpson          | It's no disgrace t'be poor,
simpson at polaris.net      | but it might as well be.
                         |            -- "Kin" Hubbard

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