Re: SGML/XML Policy Group - XML Catalog Update
On , June 2, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 20:53, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Mark> - whether to move to a /usr/share/sgml /usr/share/xml split, as
> Mark> will be done with /etc/sgml and /etc/xml
>
> I hope backward compatibility with the current setup will be
> maintained, in the sense that xml resources will still be available
> via the sgml catalogs (apart from going into the xml catalogs, if
> desired).
Naturally, we'll keep compatability. The simple way to think about it
is that we're adding, not replacing a catalog system. And the XML
resources will then get registered in both catalog systems. (FWIW,
not all XML resources can be regisitered in the SGML catalogs, but
this fact doesn't backward compatability in the sense you speak of.
There are no plans at all to ditch the SGML catalogs. Nor jade, for
that matter. To each, his own.
Of course I'm only paraphrasing what greg would've told me on IRC, had
I'd asked him.
> hint: jade is nonstandard as a XML processor, but it works.
Yep, jade does a fine job of transforming XML documents using DSSSL
stylesheets. I use it all the time.
Cheers,
Mark
> Yeah, I'd expect that any XML resources currently available via the SGML
> catalogs to stay around. However, newer XML resources, especially those
> using newer XML features may NOT be SGML, thus meaning that they
> shouldn't get registered in the SGML catalogs. If Mark asks me
> questions about that on IRC, that's about the answer I'll give him. :)
> Greg
>
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