RE: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Elliotte Rusty Harold' <>, 'Tim Bray' <>
Date
2009-08-21T14:42:40Z
ID
<9E453043661E45CD9971170AB7EC2FAF@Sealion>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML
> I suggest we add a section on DTDs and validity rather than 
> merging it in with other schema languages. For better or 
> worse--probably worse, the XML specs do specially preference 
> DTDs over other schema languages.

A better approach might be to treat DTDs in the structure of the article as
co-equal with other schema languages, and mention in the prose that for
historical reasons they are given a special status in the XML
recommendation. That's a better reflection of the reality of usage.

Regards,

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