Universal is not universal

The abstract states,

This document defines the meaning of the attribute xml:id as a universal 
spelling for ID attributes in XML documents and defines processing of 
this attribute to identify IDs in the absence of validation, without 
fetching external resources, and without relying on an internal subset.

To me the word "universal" implies that all ID attributes have this 
spelling; i.e. it's no longer acceptable to have id in XHTML, and so 
forth. I'm sure this wasn't the intent, and the sentence could be read 
otherwise. Nonetheless I suggest rewriting that sentence along these lines:

This document defines the meaning of the attribute xml:id as an ID 
attribute in XML documents and defines processing of this attribute to 
identify IDs in the absence of validation, without fetching external 
resources, and without relying on an internal subset.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@metalab.unc.edu
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Received on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 13:07:34 UTC