Re: shipping the xml catalog DTD
Mark Johnson <mrj@debian.org> writes:
> I'd like to retract my above remark. Here's why:
>
> The fact that the (non-normative) XML catalog DTD[1] allows the
> "xmlbase:" attribute already puts it _outside_ the realm of
> SGML. And this is only one of the many up-and-coming issues we'll
> face while developing a standards-based XML/SGML Policy for debian.
>
> My point being that the XML Catalog DTD itself has components that
> place it outside the SGML standard, and so we need to find a
> standards-based means of implementing /usr/share/xml...
>
> IMO, therefore, we need to work with FHS to add /usr/share/xml to the
> FHS. And asap.
Well, I doubt we can make the FHS jump. If we wanna start using
/usr/share/xml even before the FHS blesses it, I think we should go
ahead and do that.
I'm kinda of the opinion that we *should* make that move, it seems to
match what the rest of the world is doing. Any reason why we
shouldn't?
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...Adam Di Carlo..<adam@onshore-devel.com>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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