- From: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:15:25 +0000
- To: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, ixml <public-ixml@w3.org>
On Monday 27 December 2021 14:40:57 (+01:00), Steven Pemberton wrote:
> > The more I think about it, the more I think that preserving
> > the distinction between dstring and sstring is just a relic of the
> > time when the design wanted to preserve the accidentals of the
> > ixml grammar, and is at best misleading. So I now lean towards
> > “let us mark them both as @string”.
> This discussion has persuaded me of that too.
>
> > Hex notation, on the other hand, I continue to regard as
> > something I’d like to preserve.
>
> I agree, but now you need to explain to me why that doesn't count for @from and @to.
Which makes me think we should use a representation of ranges like:
<range><from char='0'/><to char='9'/></range>
<range><from hex='0'/><to hex='9'/></range>
Steven
Received on Monday, 27 December 2021 14:16:26 UTC