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Re: IDs - make them case sensitive

From: Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:38:20 -0700
Message-Id: <m0whiij-0009X5C@sqailor.sqwest.bc.ca>
To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org 
% From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
% 
% Is there a good argument why IDs should have different naming rules than
% GIs, attributes and entities?

If I want to make a database connection between elements in a document, 
and records in a database, and want to use the database key to tie
them together, it's useful to be able to put numerics in an ID.

Lauren
Received on Friday, 27 June 1997 17:38:37 EDT

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