- From: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:18:45 +0000
- To: www-html@w3.org
Sorin Schwimmer wrote: > First, I have to admit that I wasn't aware of the extent of the functionality of the XML entities. After reading the reply, I yahooed (I'm not googling :-) ) and found details. > But, HTML is not XML, so can I count on the same functionality in HTML? Do you have an example? HTML is, theoretically, based on SGML, and therefore inherits various capabilities from SGML. In practice, browser developers have ignored this SGML heritage and its implications. XML was originally intended to be a cut down version of SGML, and its entity constructs come from SGML. > > -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work.
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