Re: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML

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2009-08-25T20:35:01Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML
Liam Quin schrieb am 24.08.2009 um 23:08:30 (-0400):

> There _is_ an issue with an external DTD subset that I think
> is a real one, although perhaps not as major as some say -
> browser writers want to avoid having to download a file that
> can change the structure of the document, as then either the
> browser must wait before rendering anything, or the document
> may need to be rendered again from scratch.  E.g. a dtd that
> puts the root element in a different namespace using a fixed
> attribute.

Browsers do not need to download anything they already have in
a local cache. They could add the important DTDs here:

C:\temp :: dir "C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\res\dtd" /s /b
C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\res\dtd\mathml.dtd
C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\res\dtd\xhtml11.dtd

People just need to agree on what's important.

-- 
Michael Ludwig