Re: B.13 ENTITY attributes for notations?

• From: <lee@sq.com>
• Date: Sat, 12 Oct 96 18:54:17 EDT
• To: U35395@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
• Message-Id: <9610122254.AA11586@sqrex.sq.com>

> B.13 Should XML remove SGML's prohibition on ENTITY attributes for
> notations (11.4.1)?

It's funny -- I came across this yesterday, as SoftQuad Panorama actually
uses ENTITY notation attributes in its style sheet DTD (oops).

They're used to specify a mask for an icon.

I don't understand the restriction in SGML (maybe someone can explain it?)
but I don't see how it can sensibly be lifted in XML unless it might also
be lifted in SGML.

Lee

Received on Saturday, 12 October 1996 18:54:34 UTC