- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:39:47 -0400
- To: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Cc: www-xml-blueberry-comments@w3.org
I like this proposal to the extent that I can ignore it. It does not break existing parsers or tools. I'm not at all convinced that it's necessary, but if someone else has a need and wants to use it in their documents, it doesn't bother me. I would be opposed to wiring this into any other specs though. For instance, I don't think XSLT 2.0, Schemas 2.,0, or any other recommendation should treat xml:orphanedChar any differently than they treat any other element. In particular, they should not define their behavior in terms of the strings that are left after the xml:orphanedChar elements are replaced with the actual characters. Schemas should not ignore this element. All processing of it should be left to those who want to use this. It should be recognized for what it is: an occasionally useful hack, but not a core part of XML. That said, I suspect it needs a different prefix and a different namespace. The xml prefix is inappropriate. -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@metalab.unc.edu | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | The XML Bible, 2nd Edition (Hungry Minds, 2001) | | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764547607/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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