Re: words (RE: extensibility in XSchema?)

John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 13:50:13 -0400


Rick Jelliffe wrote:

> There is currently a way to bind a PI to an element:
> ..
> <!ENTITY x "<?RJ take this and shove it ?>" >
> <!ATTLIST object PI ENTITY #IMPLIED >
> ...
> <object PI="x">A wooden horsey</object>

Won't work in XML, where ENTITY/ENTITIES attributes can refer
only to external unparsed (i.e. NDATA) attributes: see 3.3.1.

"Beware the XML expert who knows too much SGML." :-)

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	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)