RE: [xml-dev] Nested Documents (was: XML 2.0)

From
Michael Kay <>
To
"'Johnson, Matthew C. (LNG-ALB)'" <>,
Date
2008-02-29T09:28:35
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RE: [xml-dev] Nested Documents (was: XML 2.0)
> I like the idea of the 
> processing instruction.  Although it seems that it should be 
> a standardized one (e.g. <?xml:docclosed ...?>) that all 
> parsers can look for. 

I'm afraid I find this all completely bizarre. I thought the days when you
put "****" at the end of a data file because you couldn't rely on the I/O
system reporting that you'd hit the end of your reel of paper tape were gone
about 40 years ago.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/