Re: C.4 Undeclared entities? from Gavin Nicol on 1996-10-28 (w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org from October 1996)

From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:55:18 -0500
To: Charles@sgmlsource.com
CC: lee@sq.com, lee@sq.com, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Message-Id: <199610281555.KAA07081@nathaniel.ebt>

>Transclusions should be done with attribute values only. Entity 
>references are for constant data that is always parsed.

Entity references can be (even often are) a form of transclusion.
I cannot see why the XML syntax specification should have anything to
say on the uses the market finds for the mechnisms defined.

Received on Monday, 28 October 1996 10:56:54 UTC