- From: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:02:07 +0000
- To: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 10:40 24/10/96 +0100, Martin Bryan wrote: > >>I agree. I admit I still like <@this> best, but <this/> would work as well. >>As would <this!> I suppose, which hass a nice imperative feel to it... > >The difference between these two is that the use of @ is simply applying an >application convention to naming of elements while the / implies a new type >of delimiter to complement TAGC, or a remapping of NET which requires NET to >have a different behaviour in SGML and XML. In SGML NETs always occur in >pairs. You cannot have <emp/ without another / to mark the end of the >element. Yes, you can. Using <emp/ *enables* you to close the element with another /, but does not require it. If emp is declared as EMPTY, then no end tag is allowed whether you use <emp/ or <emp>. James
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