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Re: B.13 ENTITY attributes for notations?

From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:27:48 +0100
To: Michael Sperberg-McQueen <U35395@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU>, W3C SGML Working Group <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <96Oct14.092748bst.38684(4)@u-net.net>
At 21:10 12/10/96 +0100, Michael Sperberg-McQueen wrote:
>On 16 October 1996, the ERB will vote to decide the following question.
>A straw poll indicates the question needs further discussion in the work
>group.
>
>B.13 Should XML remove SGML's prohibition on ENTITY attributes for
>notations (11.4.1)?

This would make XML incompatible with SGML systems. We need a consistent
view on whether or not we are seeking to achieve compatibility.
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Received on Monday, 14 October 1996 04:40:22 EDT

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