XML & SGML

[Tim Bray]

At 01:10 PM 5/6/98 -0500, W. Eliot Kimber wrote:
>>>> 
He also makes a clear distinction between use domains that require full strength SGML (and can therefore afford to implement its use) and use domains that do not.  This is a key message: 
XML->full SGML represents a continuum of cost/value that you can choose any point along.
<<<<
The only problem being that we lack the industrial experience
that would tell us at what point XML runs out of steam and you
need SGML extras.  I must say, that is one of the #1 	questions
I get at customer sites, and I just don't have a good answer
yet.  It's not easy; just because they're totally web-oriented
doesn't mean they don't need SGML, and just because they're
currently using the &-connector doesn't mean they couldn't
succeed with just XML. -Tim


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