- From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 13:54:19 -0500
- To: DOM List <www-dom@w3.org>
Stephen R. Savitzky wrote: > Keeping the children of EntityReference up-to-date when the corresponding > Entity is changed is a similar nightmare. The whole treatment of entities > is aimed at applications that _read_ XML documents, and is unuseable > (without extensions) by applications that write or edit them. Although I agree with most of your points here, the document specifies that Entities can't be changed anyway, and there is no standard way to add a new Entity. So no extra effort is required here. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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