- From: Derek Denny-Brown <ddb@criinc.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:33:05 -0800
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 08:18 AM 12/17/96 -0500, Paul Prescod wrote:
>But a "complex" document in this case is any document with whitespace in
>element content. Which is to say, probably most:
>
><LIST>
><ITEM><P>FOO</P></ITEM>
><ITEM><P>BAR</P></ITEM>
></LIST>
>
>So if we go with a scheme of "required DTD downloading to handle 'complex'
>whitespace", either XML will get a "rep" as a hard to use language where you
>must type this:
>
><LIST><ITEM><P>FOO</P></ITEM><ITEM><P>BAR</P></ITEM></LIST>
>
>or as a language where you must basically always download the DTD.
In one of my versions of what I posted (I rewrote portions of it a number of
times as my ideas solidified), and may not have made it off my computer, I
mention that there should be some simple rules to allow from some
whitespace/RE's to be ignored. i.e. ignoring RE's after a start tag, or the
-xml-space attribute. I agree that we can not expect to treat all RE's as
data. I am just worried that the proposals being brought forth will break
HyTime when applied to XML. Given that I was actively involved with
drafting the forthcoming HyTime TC, it is important to me that HyTime is not
completely abandoned, when it need not be.
(Not that I am wed to HyTime. It has it's flaws by the cartload, but It
does do a number of things quite well, and I am hoping that the TC and
eliot's book will bear that out....)
-derek
"that which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal: from which it
follows
that irregularity - that is to say, the unexpected, surprise, and astonishment,
are an essential part and characteristic of beauty" - Charles Baudelaire
Received on Tuesday, 17 December 1996 12:38:25 UTC