- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:18:48 -0400
- To: "Falk, Alexander" <falk@icon.at>, "'xmlschema-dev@w3.org'" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>, xml-dev@xml.org
- Cc: "'www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org'" <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
At 08:10 PM 6/12/00 +0200, Falk, Alexander wrote: >So the real question is: is this use of pseudo-namespace prefixes in a DTD >really XML 1.0 compatible? And how should XML toolmakers interpret section >4.4.8 in the light of such use in new W3C drafts? > >Sincerely, > >Alexander Falk > >P.S. Last time we had a tricky XML specification question, my colleague >wrote "please answer only, if you are absolutely sure" - and we received >only one answer from Tim Bray, which was right to the point. So I wonder, if >I shouldn't also be adding such a restriction this time ;) We went over this in April - you might take a look at the thread at: http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/2000/04/thread.html#397 especially: http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/2000/04/0399.html The pseudo-namespace prefixes thing can work, though, like you, I didn't think it was legal at first. You have to do the combination of prefix and element name within a parameter entitiy, not in the element type declaration itself. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.com
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