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Subject: Re: XML and Ada was RE: A standard package for config files is needed
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Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> writes:

> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org> wrote:
> :  But maybe you meant
> : "validation against the DTD"; we also don't care.
> 
> I think this is a mistake.  A DTD is a _very_ good opportunity
> to think about data, even if this seem like overkill for "mere"
> config files. And how fault tolerant is the configuration process?
> (Speed shouldn't be an issue here, or should it?)

Ok. Good points. 

Speed should _not_ be an issue. That belongs in the requirements.

I think my problem is I have no idea how to go about using a DTD. In
particular, the Glib.XML package does _not_ support validation.

I guess I have some homework to do ...

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