- From: <lee@sq.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 16:26:45 EST
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org, tbray@textuality.com
It seems to me that the best thing, if it is possible, would be * the XML parser can pass all whitespace back to the application * the distinction between data and whitespace is retained, so that it is not an error to have whitespace in element content, even though that whitespace is passed back to the application. * RS and RE and space and tab and the places where comments were before they were elided are all whitespace It's important to be careful about what "significant" means. [1] whether the parser discards it [2] whether it is treated as #PCDATA [3] whether it is recognised as S in a production I do not suggest making all whitespace be PCDATA and losing the distinctioon between whitespace and data. Hence, I favour 3. Add language to the spec allowing the application to force the processor to pass through all [whitespace] regardless of the -XML-SPACE setting. in conjunction with removing the -XML-SPACE setting. Lee
Received on Wednesday, 11 December 1996 16:27:04 UTC