Re: IDs - make them case sensitive

• From: Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>
• Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:38:20 -0700
• To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
• Message-Id: <m0whiij-0009X5C@sqailor.sqwest.bc.ca>

% 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 UTC