Re: XML formality (was: What is PI data exactly?)
David Brownell (db@Eng.Sun.COM)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:45:49 -0700
Michael Kay wrote:
>
> By contrast the defining occurrences of the terms processor and application
> in section 1 (to which hyperlinks point) are hopeless, since they don't
> define the boundary between the XML processor and the application: they
> don't tell me, for example, whether my SAXON library is part of the XML
> processor or part of the application.
Seconded.
Tim Bray wrote:
> That is not true at all. The processor and the application are cleanly
> defined. The fuzzy spots are in the area of what exactly the processor
> passes to the application.
And what about software "between" the processor and the application, which
is where most utility code belongs? Tim, you're reinforcing Michael's point
about fuzziness!
- Dave