[exprla-devel] Re: [xpl] DTD or namespace?

[reid_spencer <ras...@re...>]

--- In xpl-dev@y..., "Garreth Galligan" <garreth.galligan@o...> wrote:
For people new to the concepts, what Aly and Jonathan have begun to 
discuss
is fundamentally the old SGML concept of 'architectural forms'.  
Prehaps
more the methods of implementation rather than the concept.
The concepts themselves are not too difficult to grasp, however the
implementations/interfaces can become quite huge edifices.

But please no one get scared and run away :)
There is a substantial (if sometimes slightly difficult to find) body 
of
work on this subject out there, and the specification for their 
development
is described at great and formal length in the SGML ISO spec.

I will not repeat the concepts here but rather set about gathering 
resources
on the matter to post the web site. As, I hope, will others.

HyTime is a good example of architectural forms usage. If you have a 
week to
spare - take a look.
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