- From: Len Bullard <cbullard@HiWAAY.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 22:58:43 -0500
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- CC: W3C SGML Working Group <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
Paul Prescod wrote: > > > > >A.17 Should XML have entities, or not? > > We can divide entities into parse-time entities and application-request > entities. We should probably discuss those separately, because they have > very different characteristics, especially in a networked environment. Two features of SGML that have been cited in the past as hypermedia-like have been notations and general entities. In HyTime, these features have both been used and result in indirection. To many, the amount of indirection appears to be artificial. Where we are using entities for boilerplate text, we can use typed hyperlinks. For the network environment, it seems to me that link types serve the purpose as well as entities, and in effect, have the same results. Can we discuss this subject without getting into the issues reserved for the next phase? Jon? Len Bullard Lockheed Martin
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