- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 15:50:34 -0800
- To: lee@sq.com, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org, jeanpa@microsoft.com
At 2:58 PM 12/13/96, lee@sq.com wrote: >I like Jean Pauli's proposal. >(2) rather than using an attribute called -XML-SPACE, which looks odd and > perhaps even ugly, it would be better to have a PI that says > the attribute TYPE=LIT on the element SAMPLE > has this meaning: > <?XML SPACE PRESERVE SAMPLE TYPE="LIT"> > <?XML SPACE COLLAPSE * TYPE="NORMAL"> Please! No more processing instructions! We've reserved some namespace for XML, so let's use it, not multiply PIs. It's bad enough that we've got one in the header, instead of a reasonable syntax. (Did the ERB ever discuss the HTTP header proposal, BTW?) For a feature intended for ugly formatting hacks, PIs are awfully popular, even among the 8879 strict constructionists on the list. -- David "PI delenda est, too" Durand I am not a number. I am an undefined character. _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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