> Are you calling for the resurrection of SHORTREFS? Content models should
> ideally address the abstract syntax tree. Lexical constraints address
> content. If you want to cross them, you need something like SHORTREFS (or
> BNF).
I have called for a simple-minded kind of SHORTREF, to address the
fact that #PCDATA content has internal markup of a type-specific
kind: decimal points in numbers, colons and hyphens in dates, etc.
etc.
Coming soon: ShortRefFilter.
-- 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)