Re: Parameter entities vs. GI name groups

Eve L. Maler wrote:
>Having parameter entities for just (1) complete declarations (modules), (2)
>complete model groups (nearly equivalent to GI name groups), and (3)
>keywords for marked sections (switches) greatly impoverishes the set of
>useful PEs.  You don't have PEs for:
>
>4 Individual attribute specifications (common attributes)
>5 Sets of elements with which you build up repeatable-OR content models
>  ("classes" and "mixtures" in Jeanne's and my methodology)
>6 Other content model subgroups
>7 Other things that are less needful, but still useful
>
>If I can't have at least 1 through 5, I can't get away with doing
>high-quality, complex production DTDs.

I agree that 1, 2, 3, and 5 are essential to the complex DTD world.  (I
think we can live without 4, although I want it.)

But there's another aspect of PEs that isn't on Eve's list that I feel is
important; the ability to declare them multiple times, and an unambiguous
rule about which over-rides which.  I don't actually care if the first,
last, longest, or cutest is used as long as I can declare several and know
which will be ignored and which active.

-- Tommie

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