Re: SDATA or UNICODE

Martin Bryan (mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:44:54 -0000

>> The official entity name is € - its definition will have the
>> form:
>>
>> <!ENTITY euro "&#128;">
>>
>> if running on a Microsoft system as Microsoft have assigned Hex 80
>> as the codepoint.
>
>NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! Martin, you should know better!
>
>XML DECLARATIONS DO NOT DEPEND ON THE PLATFORM.

Chris, show me one product that supports &#20ac; - then try using
&#128; on latest releases of Microsoft products. You'll then see why I made
the distinction.

>> <!ENTITY euro &#X20ac; >
>
>This is (almost) correct (needs quotes). Also correct would be

OK, doing thing too fast again

I agree XML needs to use the 10646 value once it becomes officially
approved, but does anyone have the faintest when that will be?

Martin