Re: [xml-dev] some days I'm wrong

 (Norman Walsh) writes:
>That is: RELAX NG has an XML syntax, the XML syntax was designed
>first, and the language works as an XML grammar. The compact syntax is
>a (carefully designed, thoughtfully conceived) add-on.

That's a great way of looking at it, and I think you're right that it's
important.  It fits well with my general preference that things have a
canonical XML representation even if the usual notation isn't XML, as
well.