- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:35:32 -0500
- To: "'w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org'" <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
At 02:11 PM 12/13/96 -0800, Jean Paoli wrote: >this is why I was saying that the current XML spec was more convenient >that the one I proposed in my mail: every application can decide how to >deal with this. The authorial intent has not been expressed here. I'm getting lost in all of these proposals and amendments. If I want this paragraph to look "right" in all applications, what do I do: <P>If I want this <B>paragraph</B> <I>to look right</I> in all applications</P> or <P -XML-SPACE=PRESERVE>If I want this <B>paragraph</B> <I>to look right</I> in all applications</P> My understanding is the latter, because the former gives applications the right to "arbitrarily" remove whitespace, and between the B and the I might well look like a reasonable place to do so. What happens if I turn "on" PRESERVE mode in element content. Should a validating parser tell me that my authorial intent is in contravention of my DTD? Should it just silently eat the whitespaces despite my authorial intent? Should it return a grove that is not valid according to the DTD? Thanks for any enlightenment, Paul Prescod
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