Re: XSchema Question 6: Entities

Peter Murray-Rust (peter@ursus.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 05 Jun 1998 18:40:24

[From Chris Maden]
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>Subject: Re: XSchema Question 6: Entities
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>[Simon St.Laurent]
>> Question: Should entity support be provided in XSchema?
>
>No. General entities should be usable, as XSchema is an XML document.
>However, one of the problems with DTDs as they currently exist is
>their confusion in declaring both the structure of a document class,
>and in declaring entities primarily useful for a particular instance.
>
>The schema itself is really applicable to a class of documents, and
>should restrict itself to such. Don't re-invent the DTD; that's not
>useful. If this is successful, XML syntax for entity declarations may
>be a useful exercise, but it should be distinct from schemas.
>
>-Chris
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