> At 12:34 PM 9/30/98 -0400, david@megginson.com wrote:
> >Quite right. Right now, XML 1.0 has notations for this purpose, as
> >Eliot keeps reminding us; it would also be possible to invent a
> >standard attribute like 'xml:content', for use whether or not an
> >element's content was Base64-encoded:
>
> Yeah, but NOTATIONs require the use of a validating processor, and
> lots of non-validating apps would like to use base64. Having said
> that, I think that your proposed xml:content is more or less exactly
> what NOTATION is for? -Tim
Yes, it was intended as a lighter-weight alternative to the use of
NOTATION attributes.
All the best,
David
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