- From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 15:57:03 +0000
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 12:33 4/3/97 -0800, Tim Bray wrote: >We have decided that we will allow the use of any old GI's on XML linking >elements, identifying by the use of reserved attribute names and values. >We will be specifying the use of some attributes to support XML linking. >Do we need to allow them to be remapped as well, so that when an >HTML doc says HREF= and a TEI doc says PTR=, they can mean the same >thing? > This is essential if we want to import existing data. >If we don't do this, then either we call all locator attributes HREF= >or we take a terrible loss in selling this to the web-folk. And then we cannot use ID/IDREF for locators! >If we do do this, we add substantial complexity to the spec and >the processing model. Why "substantial"? All we are talking about is a simple one-to-one look-up table. > >Eve suggested a mechanism for this in > > http://www.doctools.com/xml-link.html > >This involves pulling apart lists of things in attribute values. Yecch. Whats so difficult about processing a list of matched pairs of values to create look-up table entries? >The obvious alternative is simply to have an arcform-like attribute >for every attribute we want to remap. This would be twice as much work as you would need a table of arcform names as well as the resulting lookup table. ---- Martin Bryan, The SGML Centre, Churchdown, Glos. GL3 2PU, UK Phone/Fax: +44 1452 714029 WWW home page: http://www.sgml.u-net.com/
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