Submission + - Do we need "root servers" for important DT
pcause writes: Recently there was a glitch when someone at Netscape took down a page that had an important DTD (RSS) used by many applications and services. This got me thinking that many or all of the important DTDs that software and commerce depend on are hosted at various commercial entities. Is this a sane way to build an XML based Internet infrastructure? Companies come and go and get bought all the time. This means that the storage ad availability of those DTDs is in constant jeopardy.
It strikes me that we need an infrastructure akin to the root server structure to hold the key DTDs that are used throughout the industry. Perhaps W3C should operate this. But how would we pay for this?
Well, ./, what do you think?
It strikes me that we need an infrastructure akin to the root server structure to hold the key DTDs that are used throughout the industry. Perhaps W3C should operate this. But how would we pay for this?
Well,