- From: altheim <altheim@mehitabel.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 17:13:39 -0700 (PDT)
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
> > It isn't essential to have the ':', but it's much less elegant without it.
>
> You can have it. You have to declare it. XML as with SGML doesn't
> have to enforce it. It is a neat idea.
I can't remember who mentioned it initially, but I kinda prefer two
colons "::" to one ":", since it mirrors FPIs' namespace delimiter.
Also, it's more unique (and hence explicit) than a single colon.
Either way, agreed: a neat idea.
Murray
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Murray Altheim, SGML Grease Monkey <altheim[@]eng.sun.com>
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