- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:40:20 -0400 ()
- To: Holger Wahlen <wahlen@ph-cip.Uni-Koeln.DE>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Holger Wahlen wrote: > Is there any difference between > (#PCDATA), > (#PCDATA)?, > (#PCDATA)+ > and (#PCDATA)* > in an element content? I've just recently started to make > myself familiar with the SGML background of HTML, so my > picture of #PCDATA may be wrong, but I have the imagination > that this refers to something of arbitrary length, which > would mean that all four expressions would be equivalent. On > the other hand, I have found there are HTML elements (TITLE, > OPTION, TEXTAREA) that have (#PCDATA)* instead of simply > (#PCDATA) as their content, which makes me suspect they are > not quite the same. So, what's the right point of view? This is a stylistic issue, but the DTD should be consistent in this regard. Based on Holger's message and other input I propose to use (#PCDATA) thoughout. Regards, -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett phone: +44 122 578 2521 (office) +44 385 320 444 (gsm mobile) World Wide Web Consortium (on assignment from HP Labs)
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