From: "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>
Date: 2001-11-14T10:59:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25128] Re: XML support in the standard lib; whatexactly?

> 
> > The infoset spec seems to represent what a new RubyWay XML tree API needs.
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/
> 
> The infoset spec defines the information contained in an XML document, it
> does not say how to implement it. For example, when it talks about 'sets' it
> means the mathematical kind. You can implement this set with an array for
> instance, but you should not assume that the ordering of the array is
> information actually provided by the XML document.

The a document's infoset may also depend on a DTD or Schema, as default and implied values may be added.  

james


> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
> > 
> > Tobi
> > 
> > 
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