- From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@eps.inso.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 01:00:36 -0700
- To: "Frank Boumphrey" <Bckman@ix.netcom.com>, <www-dom@w3.org>
> For the entity attribute it is not clear absolutley clear to me what > notationName or systemID is meant to return. > > if the XML document contains the entity reference &dom; > > If the DTD contained the entity declaration: > > <!ENTITY dom "Document Object Model"> > > would the method: > > var x=dom.notationName > > assign to the varible x the string > > "Document Object Model" > > or the string > > "dom" Neither. Notations are only used for unparsed entities. > Similarly if the DTD contained the entity declaration: > > <!ENTITY dom SYSTEM "XMLtutorial.txt"> > would the method: > > var x=dom.systemID > > assign to the varible x the string > > "XMLtutorial.txt" > > or would it assign the contents of the file XMLtutorial. The string "XMLtutorial.txt". Admittedly, the spec could always be better worded...
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