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

[Rick Jelliffe]

From: len bullard <cbullard at hiwaay.net>

>
>> XML-like SGML has been used for years in applications other than
>> publishing: someone told me that Xerox have used an XML-like syntax
to
>> deliver copier diagnostics to repairmens' PDAs for almost 10 years
now.
>> (Can anyone confirm this?)
>
>I can confirm they used an SGML-like tagging language for a print
>system.  It was famous for excluding attributes in the design

I know of another *major* printing company who told its customers never
to use attributes (they took a bit longer to program).  People have
tried
everything.

But can anyone confirm about the diagnostics?

Rick


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