- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:34:28 -0700
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 09:26 AM 9/12/96 +0000, James Clark wrote: >> - the omission of attributes which have default values. ... > >I think there's an argument that this is an essential feature. Some >DTDs especially those using architectural forms have a lot of >defaulted attributes on almost every element. > >On the other hand it complicates DTD-less processing: for example, it >would make it hard for a browser to display a document correctly >without the DTD. This is another case where partial markup declaration would turn out to be useful; I might not want to supply a whole DTD, but on the other hand it would be real nice to send a few little morsels like the following along with a document. <!ATTLIST PARA JUST (LEFT, MIDDLE, RIGHT) "LEFT"> Cheers, Tim Bray tbray@textuality.com http://www.textuality.com/ +1-604-488-1167
Received on Thursday, 12 September 1996 11:31:15 UTC