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Re: Sample Question

From: David Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:23:53 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199701301723.MAA19556@csb.bu.edu>
To: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org 
	From: Len Bullard <cbullard@HiWAAY.net>

	Will the following example be koscher XML?

	<HTML>
	<HEAD>
	<TITLE>Hello World</TITLE>
	.
	.
	<P>Your IP address is <SERVER>write(request.ip)</SERVER>
	<SERVER>write("<p>Last time your were " + client.oldname + ".")</SERVER>

It meets the syntax of XML, so naturally it will be. I sincerely hope that this
group will not create a standard way to include exectuable code in the
body of documents, since I think that is a DTD and application program
issue, not a prerequisite for good markup and powerful linking
functionality.

And it _should_ be legitimate XML, too. Wouldn't we rather that
Netscape had made a JavaScript tag and been able to supply a
contional stylesheet to hide the script from people who can't or don't
want to run javaScript? I think that kind of solution beats "parsed
comments" blindfolded, in a straightjacket, without breaking a sweat.

And with a different stylesheet, it's a code example suitable for
putting in a table, and not a program suitable for execution!

   -- David
Received on Thursday, 30 January 1997 12:24:23 EST

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