From: Bob Hutchison <hutch@...>
Date: 2001-11-14T11:38:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25137] Re: XML support in the standard lib;	whatexactly?

On 01/11/13 8:59 PM, "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@rubyxml.com> wrote:

>> 
>>> 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.

Yes, for DTD at least. I don't know about the schema though. Does the W3C
schema have a special position? What about RelaxNG, Trex, Relax, schematron,
and so on? Do they affect the contents of the infoset? As I write this, I'm
starting to think that maybe only the DTD can affect the infoset. Hmmm.

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