- From: Christopher R. Maden <crm@ebt.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 17:59:31 GMT
- To: www-html@w3.org
[Misha Wolf] > ISO 8879-1986 (SGML) appears to say that CDATA, unlike RCDATA, is > not allowed to contain entities. Can anyone shed light on this > apparent anomaly, please? Yes. ISO 8879 is not a well-written standard. Specifically, it uses the term "CDATA" for two totally distinct things. CDATA *element content* is not parsed for entity references. CDATA *attribute value specifications* are. See clause 11.2.3 and references for CDATA element content; clause 7.9.3 for attribute value specifications. This is definitely an SGML FAQ. -Chris -- Christopher R. Maden One Richmond Square DynaText SIT Technical Support Providence, RI 02906 USA Inso Corporation +1.401.421.9550 (voice) Electronic Publishing Solutions +1.401.521.2030 (facsimile)
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