Re: 'email' element type

Bah! I knew it was never going to be as simple as that. Thanks for the
information. I suppose <email>...</email> (or maybe <mail>...</mail>) is the
best option after all.

Simon Jessey

w: http://jessey.net/blog/
e: simon@jessey.net



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave J Woolley" <david.woolley@bts.co.uk>
Subject: RE: 'email' element type


> > Instead of <email>..</email>, how about abbreviating it still further
with
> > <@>...</@>, since the @ is a component of every email address and is
thus
> [DJW:]
> @ cannot start an XML tag name, or appear anywhere in
> one.
>
> @ is only a component of RFC 822 email addresses, not
> email addresses in general.
>