RE: [xml-dev] Pure syntax vs the Infoset permathread (was Re: [xm l-dev] The subsetting has begun)

Actually, no.  What you have is standards as costumes for 
implementations.  The biggest vendor and the vendors 
that vendor allies with wins the prize for best costume 
at the ball.  Sort of a Vincent Price moment for root farmers.

Where is my turtle costume, Ma?

len


From: Robin Berjon [mailto:]

> Can the XML world agree on one and only one conception of the Infoset?  
> Interesting question.  Probably "no" if everybody gets a vote and a 
> veto. Probabably "yes" in the sense that once one takes root and the 
> dust settles, the benefits of standardization will outweigh the costs of 
> losing things like one's preferred view of where the namespace 
> information is attached to the Infoset.

Hear, hear!