Message-Id: <199412292221.OAA09124@rock>
From: Terry Allen <terry@ora.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 14:21:51 PST
In-Reply-To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, hoymand@gate.net
Subject: Re: Library Standards and URIs
Larry writes:
>Just as HTML doesn't require all browsers to implement all of SGML,
but allows SGML-based tools to be used on HTML documents, we could use
SGML syntax, but require that a 'URC' be in some canonical form, to
facilitate easier handling by simpler tools.
I say again, this won't work if the "canonical form" cannot be
expressed in a DTD and SGML declaration. "Using SGML syntax" means just
that, or it doesn't mean very much at all. Michael
Sperberg-McQueen has outlined the desirable SGML toggles for
achieving simplicity:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/Proceedings/Autools/sperberg-mcqueen/sperberg.html
I strongly recommend it.
Regards,
-- Terry Allen (terry@ora.com) O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Editor, Digital Media Group 103A Morris St. Sebastopol, Calif., 95472 A Davenport Group sponsor. For information on the Davenport Group see ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/davenport/README.html or http://www.ora.com/davenport/README.html