Alternatives to the W3C (was Re: Alternatives to the W3C)

[Len Bullard]

Tim Bray wrote:
> 
> At 09:40 PM 1/23/00 -0600, Len Bullard wrote:
> >So is DOM really required for XML 1.0, or is that a political position
> >about implementations?
> 
> There is no *point* to supporting XML in the browser if you don't
> support the DOM.  If all you want is to display nice-looking stuff
> to humans, HTML does an excellent job of that. -Tim

And as I point out, supports varies application language by application 
language.  As has been asked elsewhere, who would bother using 
the rawDOM since "it is an implementer's tool, not a content 
developer's tool".

Data structures: underneath the thin veneer, all apps have their 
own.  So, should we make resource intensive applications take 
the penalty of being in the same box as a text display engine?

len



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