Re: 9. Are > characters allowed in attribute values?

I don't understand your reasoning: XML allows > in attribute values.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:00 PM, David Lee <David.Lee@marklogic.com> wrote:

> I agree with Liam.
> NO > in attribute values. period.
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> Why ? Because I believe that if microXML documents *as is* are not
> parsable by existing XML processors then we have invented a totally new
> language and any attempt to be close-to-xml is pointless besides the
> familiarity aspect and we should just start over.    I believe it would be
> a huge mistake to require microxml processors just to parse microxml.  We
> then have the chicken & egg problem of *having* to make new toolsets just
> to get started.  If MicroXML is parseable (even if not identically in data
> model) then we can start using it right now with XML parsers.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liam R E Quin [mailto:liam@w3.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 12:13 AM
> To: John Cowan
> Cc: public-microxml@w3.org
> Subject: 9. Are > characters allowed in attribute values?
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> On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 21:33 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
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> > 9. Are > characters allowed in attribute values?  There has been no
> > discussion, but nobody has asked for them.
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> No.
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> Are they allowed in comments, if comments are allowed? Yes.
> Is -- allowed in comments? This was why I proposed
> <!--* .... this is a comment... *--> for XML.
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> The general issue is about "things allowed inside things and how to
> escape them".
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