Re: Handling of substitution groups

Henry,

thanks for your reply and the hint to "block": I would have forgotten
otherwise.

Kind regards,

Jochen


Quoting "Henry S. Thompson" <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>:

> Jochen Wiedmann <jochen@apache.org> writes:
> 
> > - Suggest I have a global element which is referenced by other
> > global elements as the target of a substitution group. (I understand
> > that all these elements *must* be global, right?)
> 
> Yes, right.
> 
> > - Suggest that I build an implicit group. This group consists of the
>                                     ^
>                                   choice
> > possible substitution elements.  If the head element is *not*
> > abstract, then I will also add the head element.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > - Any reference to the head element is silently replaced by a
> > reference to the implicit group.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> There are some details about 'block' which you've glossed over, but
> this is essentially correct.  The forthcoming 2nd edition will be
> clearer about this, I hope you'll find.
> 
> ht
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