- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 06:37:43 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Martin Bryan wrote: > Firstly, I cannot understand the Char* - part of theses productions. Why is > the initial Char optional, and what role does the hyphen take? Is it the > same as "-" or does it imply "NOT"? It is "NOT". That answers several of your questions, I think. > If a catKeyword may be ignored, what is the difference between when it is > implemented and when it is ignored? We need to explain this to our Dirty > Perl Hacker if we are going to leave such cryptic comments in the text. catKeyword is a hook for extensibility, just as processing instructions are. We cannot list all of the keywords that TR9401 allows because as I recall it has a larger fixed list, but also leaves the list open-ended. Paul Prescod
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