HTML 4.0 and SGML ... RTFM? (was Re: XMP)
Rob (wlkngowl@unix.asb.com)
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:24:38 -0500
Message-Id: <199708121446.KAA24322@unix.asb.com>
From: "Rob" <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:24:38 -0500
CC: www-html@w3.org, www-html-editor@w3.org
Subject: HTML 4.0 and SGML ... RTFM? (was Re: XMP)
On 12 Aug 1997 Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie> wrote:
> [..]
> if browser makers had ever bothered to RTFM they would have found the
> CDATA marked section which lets you do exactly what you want.
>
> I doubt anyone is going to introduce a new element for this now. But
> XML will allow you to use CDATA marked sections:
>
> <![cdata[<h2>A heading</h2>]]>
It wasn't so much that browser makers didn't read the docs; they just
made HTML readers (buggy & incomplete ones at that), not SGML+
HTML readers. If the specs clearly noted the use of CDATA, INCLUDE,
IGNORE etc. there'd have been support added.
Which comes to mind. These and other SGML markers should be
_explicitly_ discussed in the HTML 4.0 specification.
Rob
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