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Re: [syndication] Re: Netscape

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Subject: Re: [syndication] Re: Netscape
From: Julian Bond <julian@netmarketseurope.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:27:41 +0100
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Reply-to: Julian Bond <julian@netmarketseurope.com>

Could someone explain to me why the DTD is even necessary for RSS? The 4
or so versions are all so simple that as long as the parsing code knows
it's an RSS file, it can extract all the relevant information without
ever going to the DTD. 

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- Re: RSS 0.91 DTD: So what now?
  - From: JohnMunsch@zwave.com
- Re: Netscape
  - From: Taegan Goddard <tdgoddard@yahoo.com>

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