RE: [www-vrml] X3D and the Draconian Parse Rule

["Clayton Cottingham" <drfrog@telus.net>]

 im not saying it shouldn't , im just saying that history shows that strict
parsing isnt all that and a bag of chips

See arguemnts on conformance and interoperability

Believe me id love to see it happen


 excuse me if I seem pessimistic

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@intergraph.com] 
> Sent: September 10, 2004 2:04 PM
> To: 'Clayton Cottingham'; 'Alan Hudson'
> Cc: 'www-vrml'
> Subject: RE: [www-vrml] X3D and the Draconian Parse Rule
> 
> It can't auto-fix XML without reporting the error. 
> The Draconian parse rule is strict.
> 
> Popular is not by specification the same as conformant. 
> An editor can stop parsing and still enable you  to fix the 
> editor.  In fact, it should do that.
> 
> len
> 
> 
> From: Clayton Cottingham [mailto:drfrog@telus.net]
> 
> What about internet explorer?
> 
> It can auto fix tables etc
> 
> It seems to be pretty popular


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