It's important to understand that the SGML declaration for XML
is not normative. In case of conflict, the XML specification rules.
> My understanding of the Name restricts the 1st character position to a
> letter or a underscore or colon which is in sync with the SGML
> Declaration. But the NameChar allows underscores and colons in the
> remaining character positions which is at variance with the naming rules
> defined by the SGML Declaration.
While I am not an SGML mavin, it seems clear that everything declared
as a NAMESTRT character is also valid as a NAMECHAR character.
The characters explicitly listed in NAMECHAR are the non-ASCII digits,
combining marks, and modifier letters, plus the FULL STOP and HYPHEN-MINUS.
-- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org 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)