- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 16:52:16 -0400
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 04:07 PM 10/2/96 -0400, David G. Durand" (David G. Durand wrote: >At 3:10 PM 10/2/96, Paul Prescod wrote: >>So can we create an element named <">? > >Sure. Now the only problem is that if we implement quoting no-one will use >XML. We can use whatever delimiter we like best. It can be <">, or " , or <" or <FOO> >But, the language will be well-defined, and will be inputable to SGML >software with the proper hacked declaration, and no other modifications. Of >course no SGML editor that I'm aware of will be able to produce XML output. If <"> is a valid element, most SGML editors should produce it. If not, they will certainly not have a problem with <#T> or <#TEXT>. And you won't have to escape the quote character. Paul Prescod
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