- From: Dave Hollander <dmh@hpsgml.fc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:47:01 -0600
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
> Paul Prescod writes: > Cannot the distinction between attribute/meta and content be driven > completly by data types? ... I believe that it could be done by data types. I would prefer if it was a language convention and not a specific application's convention. I believe that data typing is a better answer to the problem (as I understand the problem) than a new syntax. My current vote: Should XML 1.0 address the attribute convention: yes Should XML 1.0 describe the formatting behavior for "attribute content": yes (if no, then I do not see a need for this convention to be part of xml) Should XML 1.0 allow the attribute to be declared in the internal or external subset of the document type declaration: yes (or what ever construct is used for xml-link) Should XML 1.0 describe that children of attribute content are also attribute content: yes Dave > Dave Hollander wrote: > > The Internet (at least the web) has a strong convention of ignoring > > some parts of a document and processing others. Giving authors the > > ability to classify some information as attribute/meta and some as > > content will help tool developers deal with the received data > > with a minimum effort and special cases. > > Cannot the distinction between attribute/meta and content be driven > completly by data types? You declare the <attribute> tag to be of type > "metainformation block" and everything within it becomes > metainformation. > > Paul Prescod > >
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