|So, what is the story going to be? I think that
|we have to decide and commit right now. Either
|we are going to define HTML 2.0 and 3.0 as strictly
|conforming SGML DTDs and not provide trivial mechanisms
|for extending the language at the whim of information
|providers or browser developers, OR we are going to use
|SGML as a language of convenience for defining HTML 2.0
|and 3.0 and then provide simple but effective ways to
|formalize a mechanism for the extension of the language.
My vote (I thought this was agreed upon a long time ago...):
- Yes, documents in HTML versions >= 2.0 must be fully SGML compliant
- But browsers don't have to validate documents
Bert
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