Persistent identifiers (was SAX and delayed entity loading)

John Cowan cowan at locke.ccil.org
Fri Dec 4 15:03:41 GMT 1998


Michael Kay wrote:

> More importantly, is
> there any guarantee that a researcher in 100 years' time will be able to
> find a copy of the XML standard?

Given the existence of weapons of mass destruction, there is no
way to guarantee the *existence* of any researchers in 100 years.
We all do the best we can.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan at ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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