Re: mixing mimedirectory ABNF and XML

[John Stracke <francis@xxxxxxxx>]

Greg FitzPatrick wrote:

> Thanks for pointing that out John.  The example should of course look
> like this: [...]
>
> DTOPEN;language="XML1.0":<OPTIMESET ID="123"> <OPTERM> 20020101/
> 20021231</OPTERM></OPTIMESET>
OK, then. Yeah, that might be reasonable--take the property value and 
pass it through an XML parser. 'Course, I might be biased, because I'm 
already using an XML parser in my app, so it doesn't seem like any 
particular burden to me. ;-)

You might consider going for a simplified subset of XML--e.g., 
forbidding the internal DTD subset, the doctype, etc. That'll make it 
easier for people who don't have any need for a full-power XML parser. 
An XML parser isn't a large hit in a desktop or server app; but I could 
see SKiCal being used in some kind of embedded system--say, to turn on 
the Open sign during opening hours.

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