Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Two only slightly related questions:
>
> 1. Why did XML keep the requirement for deterministic models?
If I'm not mistaken, it was so that every valid XML document
would also be a valid SGML document (given a suitable SGML
declaration, that is).
Since XML doesn't have start-tag omission, deterministic
content models aren't _strictly_ necessary. (Actually,
they're not strictly necessary for SGML either, you'd just
need to rephrase the way start-tag inference is specified
in the Standard.)
(P.S. *Many* thanks for starting an actual XML-related thread!)
--Joe English
