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Re: XML+RPC vs BCP70 , <?xml?> processing tag abuse?


At 9:51 PM +0100 1/21/04, Mario Salzer wrote:

<?xml version="1.0" parser="yes"?> utilizes a real XML parser


No real XML parser will accept this.

<?xml version="1.0" parser="no""?>        server MUST send simple XML
                                          as defined by the draft

<?xml version="1.0" empty-tags="long"?> needs <empty></empty>

<?xml version="1.0" accept-charset="ISO-8859-1"?>
(I don't think introducing <?rpc ... ?> was a good idea,
even if 3470 has a similar example. ;)

But as these xml processing instructions then didn't actually apply
to the document they were in, but instead control how the server
reply should be constructed - wasn't this then abuse of this tag
form?

These are not processing instructions.

I think before you try to create new specs based on XML, you really need to understand XML at a level well beyond that of a casual user.

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