[whatwg] <p> elements containing other block-level elements
Lachlan Hunt
lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au
Tue Apr 12 04:30:04 PDT 2005
Matthew Thomas wrote:
> Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I don't understand what's wrong with the XML error handling. I think
>> it's great because errors should be caught and handled during the
>> authoring process and by the CMS, which XML essentially forces.
>
> <http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/01/14/thought_experiment>
As I said above, "errors should be caught and handled during the
authoring process and by the CMS". That is clearly just a case of the
CMS not doing it's job properly and a broken implementation doesn't mean
the language is broken.
The nature of XML requires that both the client and publishing tool
enforce well-formedness, not just one or the other. If your CMS isn't
up to the job, then you shouldn't even attempt to maintain a well formed
document that accepts input from external sources.
I agree with Henri's comment about using ad hoc print statements, rather
than a true XML tool that guarentees well formed output.
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