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Re: Parameter entities vs. GI name gro

From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 22:06:19 -0500
Message-ID: <33BC68AB.687E@w3.org>
To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Paul Prescod wrote:

> Dan: If large complex documents are the peg and a language without a
> mechanism for managing repitition in the schema is the hole then jamming
> one into the other sounds more like chopping than "shaving."

Sorry, I was responding to the philosophical comment about
large documents and XML only. I didn't mean to imply
that I think parameter entities should be dropped.

I haven't really made up my mind. Count me in the camp that
considers them ugly but necessary, if you must.

See: http://www.w3.org/XML/9705/hacking

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