Re: Simple(?) question on obscure comments detail

\\ 	Perhaps this is a problem of me not yet being clear on the precise
\\ meanings of SMGL terms, but isn't it now two for HTML:
\\ 
\\ 	<!--
\\ 	
\\ and:
\\ 	<!DOCTYPE

True, but DOCTYPE can only go at the start of the SGML document. It's an
open question if that puts it in the category of being legal *within* HTML.

\\ 	Also, wouldn't a real SGML parser handle comments in a DOCTYPE
\\ declaration, but they are presently excluded, or at perhaps "disrecommended",
\\ there for HTML?

They are? I didn't know that. I had simply assumed that a "true" HTML
parser would be able to handle things that are legal within the DOCTYPE.

Sunil

Received on Sunday, 22 September 1996 17:34:58 UTC