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Re: 4.3 SGML addressing

From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 15:57:10 +0000
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970305155710.006af8c8@mail.u-net.com>
To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 12:33 4/3/97 -0800, Tim Bray wrote:
>Background: the draft spec supports SGML-style addressing, traditional
>IDREF(S) and also by entity name.
>
>4.3.a Should we support this type of locator? 

What form of SGML addressing exists other than IDREF?
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>4.3.b Should we support entity addressing by name? 

Yes
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>4.3.c Should we support element addressing by ID attribute? 

Yes
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>4.3.d Should we support a combination of these two? 

Yes
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>4.3.e What syntax should we use? 

The SGML one - #ENTITY entity-name ID
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