XML Information Set Requirements, W3C Note 18-February-1999

[Didier PH Martin]

Hi,

I am late in the process (just new in the list) but where can I find the
document you are talking about.

thanks
Didier PH Martin
mailto:martind at netfolder.com
http://www.netfolder.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
Marcus Carr
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 11:13 PM
To: xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
Subject: Re: XML Information Set Requirements, W3C Note 18-February-1999



Clark Evans wrote:

> > This document lists the design principles and requirements for
> > the XML Information Set, a meta-model for XML documents
>
> Stating that XML is a *document* standard effectively
> precludes this XML standard from a very useful
> application as stream markup.  This is a very subtle
> bias which, in my opinion, will severly damage the XML
> standard if it continues.

I think you might be applying a meaning to that phrase that it doesn't
deserve - it doesn't
call XML a document standard, it uses the term "XML document", with document
defined in the
XML recommendation as:

"A data object is an XML document if it is well-formed, as defined in this
specification. A
well-formed XML document may in addition be valid if it meets certain
further constraints."

This allows you to use the phrases "XML data object" and an "XML document"
interchangeably.
This isn't incongruous with stream markup - you just need to consider the
stream as an XML
document. :-) Seriously though, you probably wouldn't have the same concerns
about "XML data
object" - if you prefer that term, you should use it. Really, this is more a
case of becoming
comfortable with the evolving notion (and convenient terminology) of what a
document is.


--
Regards,

Marcus Carr                      email:  mrc at allette.com.au
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