I'm not at my desk right now, but if I remember the XML spec correctly, it
would be more proper to simply ignore unrecognized lines and tags. This
allows folks to transparently extend a given syntax without worrying about
older applications.

regards,
-jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk
>[mailto:owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
>jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk
>Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:05 PM
>To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk
>Subject: .csd file format
>
>
>I have a request that the .csd file format should ignore all text
>until the starting  and all text after the
>.  How would this affect people?  Not too
>difficult to code but I am not sure if it will break some use, or
>whatever.
>
>I am suggesting until the  tag all text is ignored,
>unless it is a tag like , ,  or
>.  After a   until the
> tag additional unrecognised lines and tags would
>be treated as a soft error.
>
>==John ffitch
>