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Something is going on in the XML world, where as far as I can feel and tell, things have been working "just fine" for the past 20(?) years.
That's why I can't believe what some people (in the W3C) were trying to do:
David Carlisle: ... This sets a really terrible precedence, and sadly puts XML into a similar state as HTML, where the specification will be widely ignored (as it will be inconsistent) and people will have no choice other than just to test against a collection of major implementations and do whatever they do.
James Clark: There is a real problem here, and it's partly my fault. If we had had a bit more foresight ten years ago, we would have made the 1st edition of XML 1.0 say what is now being proposed for the 5th Edition. I know that the XML Core WG are trying to do the right thing, but I really don't think this is a good idea.
Sound like another case of old timers saying: "No, no, leave it alone. You don't know what kind of a mess your are getting us into."
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