- From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:27:18 -0400
- To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>, XML Dev <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>, www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
Paul Prescod wrote: > Even so, I don't follow your argument. The schema needs to validate that > there is a unparsed entity with a particular name. Why does the > declaration have to be done in the schema? > > It makes perfect sense to me that a *document* should declare what > external resources it needs (through a URL or entity declaration) and that > the *schema* would verify that an element that is supposed to reference a > resource actually does (whether through a URL or entity). Your argument is sound. I am converted. Down with all entity declarations in XSchema! -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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