Re: Public IDs for notations in XML

• From: Len Bullard <cbullard@HiWAAY.net>
• Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:56:00 -0600
• To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
• CC: cbullard@HiWAAY.net
• Message-ID: <32AF8250.A6A@HiWAAY.net>

W. Eliot Kimber wrote:

> In addition, many SGML processes (including much of architecture
> processing) depend on notations and public identifiers for notations, so it
> will make taking advantage of these facilities from XML much easier if we
> allow public identifiers for notations even if we don't for entities.

since the question has arisen on CTS, and it will again, would it make 
sense to use this facility to identify the type of an XML document?

yes, doctype is there to be used as well.

len bullard

Received on Wednesday, 11 December 1996 22:55:57 UTC