Costin Manolache wrote:
> jean-frederic clere wrote:
> 
> 
>>Costin Manolache wrote:
>>
>>>Mladen Turk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>On Behalf Of Costin Manolache
>>>>>
>>>>>Are we documenting all those settings - and the details on
>>>>>why/how :-) ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sure, like everyone else ;).
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, I know :-)
>>>
>>>I'll try to get over the horrible and nonstandard DTD that we
>>>use
>>
>>I agree for not standard DTD but horrible...
>>Well it needs a lot of improvements but that means the xml files need to
>>be reviewed carefully I would suggest to output messages when using
>>"weird" elements to have time to rewrite the files.
> 
> 
> :-) Sorry about 'horrible'.
> 
> What I meant is - the elements like <section> and almost everything
> else have an identical meaning as the standard XHTML or docbook element. 
> It's a mix of elements - to do something that is already done and
> standard and accepted. 
>  
> What I find horrible is the fragmentation and missuse of XML
> ( not only here, but all over ). 
> What's wrong with a subset of XHTML or Docbook ?

The first idea was to save us from writing XML tags and concentrate in the text.
We have ended defining a dtd that fits our needs with typing the minimum...

> Do we
> plan to beat W3C and Oasis in setting a standard for document 
> dtd ?

No, but extending one dtd would be better than reinventing everything.
I will try to make a cleanup as soon as I have time. (docs need a lot of time).

> 
> ( well, that's just me ranting - this has little to do 
> with our xdocs, as I said I'll try to get over it and 
> add to them )
> 




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