- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:40:12 -0500
- To: Arjun Ray <aray@nmds.com>, "Chris Wilson (PSD)" <cwilso@microsoft.com>, "'Paul Prescod'" <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, "'w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org'" <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
At 01:45 AM 11/16/96 -0500, Arjun Ray wrote: >At 10:39 AM 11/15/96 -0800, Chris Wilson (PSD) wrote: >>It's not actually lost; any character can be escaped in a CSS selector >>name. According to section 7.2 of the CSS PR, ... >>Does this suffice to address your concerns? > >No. It would be much simpler all around for interoperability if CSS1 abided >by the naming conventions of the Reference Concrete Syntax. In fact, insofar >as CSS1 has some (integral?) relation with HTML, I see no reason why it >shouldn't square with naming conventions legal in HTML. Perhaps CSS could choose from: _~`!@"$%^&*;:'<>/?, etc. Really, the only "funny characters" allowed within names in HTML or SGML RCS DTDs are ".-". SGML is really not being unreasonable on this point. Paul Prescod --- Boycott Shell Oil worldwide! http://www.web.apc.org/embargo/shell.htm "Shell is here on trial and it is as well that it is represented by counsel said to be holding a watching brief."..."The ecological war that the Company has waged in the Delta will be called to question sooner than later." -Ken Saro-Wiwa to the tribunal that later executed him. http://www.goldmanprize.org/goldman/ken.html
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