Re: let's specify meaning rather than processing

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 11:01, Brian McBride wrote:
> Thinking a little more about implementing this, I find that I need a 
> resolution mechanism to determine what script to run given the namespace 
> of the XML root element.

I don't think I understand that...

> Hold on while I prepare a fox hole to duck into ...
> 
> What I'd rather have is the url of the transform right there in the xml 
> document,

Rather than what? That's exactly what we're proposing; here's
the example again:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" 
   xmlns:data-view="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/rdxh/data-view#" 
   data-view:interpreter="http://www.example.org/2004/01/svg2dc.xsl"

 -- http://www.w3.org/2004/01/rdxh/spec#grddl-xml

>  and I wonder about using the same machanism as browsers use to 
> specify a stylesheet, i.e a processing instruction.

How is a processing instruction easier than an attribute?

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