Re: [syndication] Re: Netscape

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Julian, it seems the consensus agrees with this statement. A few people were
broken by the disappearance of the DTD, but it appears most were not. Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Bond" <julian@netmarketseurope.com>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [syndication] Re: Netscape


> 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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