Re: BNF (and XML) grammar extensibility

>>>    METADATALIST   ::= absolute-IRI METADATAVALUE | METADATALIST ' ; ' METADATALIST
>> Why not:
>>    METADATALIST  ::=  absolute-IRI METADATAVALUE ( ' ; ' METADATALIST)?
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> I do not know -- ask Jos.

They seem equivalent.


Jos

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>       cheers
> 	--michael  
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>> Cheers,
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>> Christian
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