- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 21:33:06 -0500
- To: "Carl Morris" <msftrncs@htcnet.com>, <marc@ckm.ucsf.edu>, "WWW HTML List" <www-html@w3.org>
At 07:01 PM 11/15/96 -0600, Carl Morris wrote: >Why? An HTML parser has no business trying to figure out SGML, an SGML >parser being used on an HTML document on the other hand may have use >for the declaration. It needs to be described this way. Calling <! > >not an HTML comment is misleading to those people who have no use for >SGML. HTML *is* SGML. <! > is *not* a comment. HTML user agents *do* use information in <! >. Those that validate documents, for instance, will look at the DOCTYPE to determine which version of HTML to validate against. Paul Prescod --- Boycott Shell Oil worldwide! http://www.web.apc.org/embargo/shell.htm "Shell is here on trial and it is as well that it is represented by counsel said to be holding a watching brief."..."The ecological war that the Company has waged in the Delta will be called to question sooner than later." -Ken Saro-Wiwa to the tribunal that later executed him. http://www.goldmanprize.org/goldman/ken.html
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