[E-Lang] Minimal-XML (was: Draft Kernel-E DTD & Sketch of translationto debuggable Java)

[Bill Frantz]

At 11:26 AM 9/27/00 -0700, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>Where are rules or recommendations stated about what an "XML Processor" 
>should do when it hits something it doesn't understand?  A link would again 
>be great.  In general, I prefer fail-stop to "I don't understand that, 
>therefore it must not be important."  Would such augmented XML validate 
>against the original DTD?  I'd guess not, in which case the price of 
>ignoring such augmentation would be to accept non-validating XML.

Rules are fail stop.  I recommend, "XML The Annotated Specification" by Bob
DuCharme, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-082676-6.