- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 08:36:29 -0700
- To: "Bryan Brown" <bbrown@netmagic.net>, <xml-editor@w3.org>
At 12:35 AM 5/1/00 -0700, Bryan Brown wrote: >>>> In production 82 the NotationDecl is defined as having either a ExternalID or a PublicID, however an ExternalID (production 75) can begin with 'PUBLIC' and following parts of the production do not match the production for PublicID (83). A parser can not determine the correct syntax. A parser which is parsing a notation is going to look to see if the token matches an external id and it is going to see 'PUBLIC' and say ok it is an External ID Am i missing something here ?, because no one else has reported this error. I find that hard to believe. Bryan XML-Technologies.com <<<< Nope, the effect of the grammar is that a <!NOTATION can have a PUBLIC ID *without* an External ID, unlike an entity. I think it's correct -Tim >>>>
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