- From: Robert Streich <streich@slb.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 01:59:00 -0500
- To: Bill Smith <bill.smith@eng.sun.com>
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 10:25 AM 10/8/96 -0700, Bill Smith wrote: >I would argue that we not allow default attributes, etc. in the first version of >XML. Allowing default attribute values demands that we require a DTD or some DTD >subset for all documents that make use of this shorthand notation. >Unfortunately, this places a burden on all XML client developers of parsing and >interpreting DTDs - correctly. I disagree, Bill. This doesn't necessarily mean that you have to read the DTD. The stylesheet would probably specify the default behavior anyway, so it really doesn't matter much if it is in the instance or not. bob Robert Streich streich@slb.com Schlumberger voice: 1 512 331 3318 Austin Research fax: 1 512 331 3760
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