- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 13:06:28 -0400
- To: marc@ckm.ucsf.edu
- Cc: www-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
> How, then, do you conserve structural information from the rich DTD in the > downtranslation process to a validatable HTML doc? And how can other > applications determine that structure? If the choices are either tag soup > or att-itis, it seems that att-itis confines the mess to a managable > corner of the problem space (no, a bowl of tag soup won't cure att-itis). > > <!DOCTYPE RICH> <!DOCTYPE HTML> > <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>...</TITLE></HEAD><BODY> > <ARTICLE> <DIV CLASS=ARTICLE> > <SECTION> </SECTION> <DIV CLASS=SECTION>...</DIV> > <SECTION> </SECTION> ----> <DIV CLASS=SIDEBAR>...</DIV> > <SECTION> </SECTION> <DIV CLASS=SECTION>...</DIV> > </ARTICLE> </DIV></BODY></HTML> If you are using a well defined set of classes, you can indicate this to user agents using a META element. These agents can then validate the document against a strict model as appropriate. Remember that SGML applications are defined by more than just the DTD. -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> tel: +1 (617) 258 5741 fax: +1 (617) 258 5999 World Wide Web Consortium, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139 url = http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
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