Re: ID
rprice@cs.uml.edu
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:23:04 -0400
From: rprice@cs.uml.edu
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:23:04 -0400
Message-Id: <199709241223.IAA08514@neptune.cs.uml.edu>
To: www-html@w3.org
Subject: Re: ID
MZ writes: Simple question - are spaces allowed in 'id'?
The short answer is No.
The long answer is:
[36] id value = name
[55] name = name start character, name character*
[53] name start character = LC Letter | UCLetter | LCNMSTRT | UCNMSTRT
[52] name character = name start character | Digit | LCNMCHAR | UCNMCHAR
LC Letter = a-z 97 - 122
UC Letter = A-Z 65 - 90
LCNMSTRT = (none)
UCNMSTRT = (none)
LCNMCHAR = -. 45 46
UCNMCHAR = -. 45 46
The best source for information like this is Charles Goldfarb's SGML
Handbook.
Roger
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Roger Price Dept of Computer Science, Umass Lowell
rprice@cs.uml.edu Centre d'Etudes et Recherches, IBM-France