"Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org> writes: > This is permitted: > > <attribute ref="color" default="red"/> > > But this is not permitted: > > <element ref="altitude" default="12000"/> > > That is, an attribute can have a ref and a default, but with an element > if it has a ref then it cannot have a default. > > Isn't this a bit inconsistent? Yes. There was a point where _neither_ allowed defaults. For various reasons it was possible to fix this for attributes at the last minute, but not for elements. I hope to fix this in the next version. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/Received on Saturday, 7 July 2001 10:09:10 GMT
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