Re: Notations

John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:01:55 -0500


Rick Jelliffe wrote:

> As far as sequence goes, there is an ISO standard method "Formal System
> Identifiers" (FSIs). If people want them, they can be retrofitted on top
> of URLs.

But they can't be used in "system identifier" slots in XML without
changing XML 1.0, because XML 1.0 system ids are URI references
and nothing else.

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