Re: EMBED and validation

Paul Prescod (papresco@technologist.com)
Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:40:03 -0500


Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>
> In XML-Link, does XML content that is included by EMBED in a valid document
> have to go through validation like the other parts of the document?

No. Validation is defined for XML documents. XML Link is a completely
different spec and has no bearing on the definition of an XML document.
You seem to rather be thinking of the XML "hyperdocument" (in hytime
terms).

> Is
> EMBEDded content considered part of the document for styling purposes, grove
> manipulation, etc.?

XML has no style language yet and also has no definition of a grove. So
the answer is "nobody knows yet."

> Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer (January) / Cookies (February)

Do you really have an XML book coming out in January? What spec will it
be based upon?

Paul Prescod