Re: Proposed erratum to unreserve names beginning xml

I think that all sounds correct.

paul

On 2012-12-29 14:24, Norman Walsh wrote:
> Here's my second attempt:
>
> 1. In section 2.3,
>
>     <p diff="del">Names beginning with the string "xml", or with
>     any string which would match (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are
>     reserved for standardization in this or future versions of this
>     specification.</p>
>
> 2. In section 3,
>
>     This specification does not constrain the application semantics,
>     use, or (beyond syntax) names of the element types and
>     attributes, except that names beginning with
>     <phrase diff="chg">"xml:" are reserved for standardization in
>     this or future specifications from the [XML Core
>     Working Group] or its successors.</phrase>.
>
> 3. In section 2.6,
>
>     <p>PIs are not part of the document's character data,
>     but must be passed through to the application. The PI begins with a
>     target (PITarget) used to identify the application to which the
>     instruction is directed.
>
>     <phrase diff="del">The target names " XML ", " xml ", and so
>     on are reserved for standardization in this or future versions of
>     this specification.</phrase>
>
>     <phrase diff="add">Target names that begin "xml-" are reserved for
>     standardization in this or future specifications from the [XML Core
>     Working Group] or its successors. The target name "xml" is
>     forbidden as it introduces the XML declaration.</phrase>
>
>     The XML Notation mechanism may be used for
>     formal declaration of PI targets. Parameter entity references must
>     not be recognized within processing instructions.</p>
>
>                                          Be seeing you,
>                                            norm
>

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