At 8:43 PM +0000 2/6/03, Dave Pawson wrote:
>The design goals for XML are
> * XML shall be straightforwardly usable over the Internet.
> * XML shall support a wide variety of applications.
> * XML shall be compatible with SGML.
> * It shall be easy to write programs which process XML documents.
> * The number of optional features in XML is to be kept to the
>absolute minimum, ideally zero.
> * XML documents should be human-legible and reasonably clear.
> * The XML design should be prepared quickly.
> * The design of XML shall be formal and concise.
> * XML documents shall be easy to create.
> * Terseness in XML markup is of minimal importance.
>
>Which ones are wrong today?
I don't think any of them are wrong today, but 4 and 5 were not fully
satisfied by the spec that was produced.
>What's missing?
A clear description of the information from the document that a
processor must pass to the client application. Processor behavior was
severely underspecified in XML 1.0. What was specified was almost by
accident.
>Were the goals too broad?
No.
>Or have they been interpreted too many times in too many different ways?
No.
>Is No. 3 out of date?
No.
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