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[William F Hammond]

Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> writes in part,
replying to Peter Flynn:

>> I'm not clear what "explicit" XML is (as opposed to what?)
>
> Anything that is XML but called something different, mostly things ending in ML  :) 

Perhaps you mean a specific XML document type.

> . . .

> I had to pick a word for the style- if you try to read it you can't just sit
> down and read it you have all the "XML junk" to read around. See beloe but
> the latex-like syntax does not imply specific presentation of the info 
> it just is better visually organized even before typesetting into a specific
> rendition.  

It is correct that LaTeX-Like syntax with discipline can
be used to write an instance under an XML document type.
(This is implemented in the GELLMU project.)

A somewhat less-disciplined LaTeX-Like syntax can be used
to write an instance under an SGML document type that is
capable of being automatically transformed to a closely
related XML document type.

Aside from the "comfort" of LaTeX-like notation, in both
cases one big advantage is the possibility of emulating
\newcommand, including \newcommand with arguments, in
pre-processing.  E.g., when writing for HTML

       \newcommand{\href}[2]{\a[href="#1"]{#2}}

Additionally and optionally, in this context an SGML (or
XML) element having a fixed sequence of subelements can be
spawned from a LaTeX-like command having positional
arguments.

                              -- Bill


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