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Re: Introduction of media types for XML DTDs

1999-07-19 08:30:58
Ned Freed wrote:

I agree. And I'm sorry, but the argument that "people expect DTDs to be
displayed as text" just doesn't wash -- technical experts (who are capable
of configuring their agents to do anything they want)'

On the contrary; it is a weakness of current browsers that there
is no way to tell them "Display such-and-such a media type as
text/plain in the main window."

the average user doesn't know diddly about XML or DTD and doesn't want a
bunch of incomprehensible stuff displayed on his or her screen.

The average user probably will never fetch a document of type
*/xml-dtd.

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