> Are you trying to re-invent SGML's SHORTREF?
Yes, but in a way that can be readily layered over SAX.
Please examine my proposal on its own merit: the operative
word is "re-invent".
-- 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)