- From: Chris Maden <crism@ora.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:44:47 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
SGML has had an include facility since its standardization. HTML decided not to include this facility, but if client-side inclusion is desired, it's the way to go. XML uses this facility. It would look something like: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" [ <!ENTITY headnav SYSTEM "header.html"> <!ENTITY footnav SYSTEM "footer.html"> ]> <html> <title>Entity example</title> <body> &headnav; <p>This is an example of declaring and referring to entities.</p> &footnav; </body> </html> It's a bit indirect, in that you have to first declare and then reference the entities, which makes single-use entities a bit more complicated than they need to be. But browsers will be supporting this for XML anyway, so we might as well use it in HTML. -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek>
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