- From: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:16:30 +0100
- To: "Glenn A. Adams" <gadams@xfsi.com>
- CC: public-tt@w3.org
Glenn A. Adams wrote: >> It would remove the need for a validating parser to recognize the >> 'id' attribute is of type ID. > > [GA] But it would require a special validating parser that is not yet > generally available, namely, one with intrinsic semantics regarding > the processing of xml:id. I do not believe the argument you cite is > sufficient motivation to adopt xml:id; however, I will communicate > your request and rationale to the WG. It would not require a special validating parser. It would require a parser that recognizes xml:id as of type ID instead of as a normal attribute. To enhance a parser to support that is less work than making a parser a validating parser. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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