William F. Hammond writes: > So may I conclude that Sebastian now realizes that my comment this past > Friday was "right"? :-) you dont catch me out like that. > : and no HTML browser enforces validation, does it? > > That's also a web rule. Authors and servers should behave according > to strict rules. Clients should be very tolerant. (And indeed clients > need to be very tolerant.) XML clients will be intolerant. they must be, by the "rules of XML". invalid XML documents will be _rejected_ by eg Netscape 5 > In fact, the prevalence of invalid html gives one pause in > contemplating the future of roll-your-own xml, where documents that > are not valid will splatter across one's screen. no. definitely not. all agree that unless the XML is well-formed, it will not make it onto your screen > : by which we see why LaTeX is unpopular in production workflows. that > : translates to "10% failure" > > Hmmm... I believe that the head editor of a math journal that I know > would disagree with this last statement about LaTeX. I think that he mathematicians are, we know, a special case sebastian