In the meantime, if we are nervous and need an FPI now, instead of using
<!NOTATION GIF
PUBLIC "+//IDN ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2046.txt//NOTATION
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions::image/gif//EN">
we could decide on (if the XML-DEV leaders give their blessing)
something like
<!NOTATION GIF
PUBLIC "-//XML-DEV//NOTATION
ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2046.txt::Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions::image/gif//EN">
I will let this list know what the outcome is. Until then, better
safe than sorry.
Rick Jelliffe