Re: Changed comment syntax

• From: Christopher R. Maden <crm@ebt.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:46:33 GMT
• To: tbray@textuality.com
• CC: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
• Message-Id: <199701151846.SAA09272@phaser.EBT.COM>

> At a meeting of the ERB, with all present except Magliery and
> Hollander, it was resolved unanimously to change XML comment syntax
> so that comments begin '<--*' and end '*-->'.  We will still

I presume this is a typo, and that you meant <!--* and *-->.
Otherwise, MDO must be changed to < and declarations will have the
form

<DOCTYPE .... [
<ELEMENT ...>
<ENTITY ...>
]>

A <doctype> would initially be indistinguishable from a start-tag.

-Chris

Received on Wednesday, 15 January 1997 13:59:27 UTC