• From: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson)
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: 12 Jan 1998 09:07:51 +0000

"Eve L. Maler" <elm@a...> writes:

> >At 02:52 PM 10/01/98 +0000, Neil Bradley wrote:
> >>In both the XML Language and XML Link schemes, a target element can be
> >>identified by its ID value. Is it possible using XML Link to target an
> >>element in a document that does not have a DTD, and if so, how is the
> >>target attribute identified, by a fixed attribute name of 'Id'?
> >
> Tim Bray answered:
> >There's no way to know something is an ID element without access to
> >a DTD or 'inside knowledge' about that particular document type.
> >This is a problem.
> 
> There is an issue in the XLL Issues List (at
> <http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/9712/xll-issues-19971203>, which
> requires a W3C member password) on this topic.  We'll be returning
> to XLL work Real Soon Now.

Note that the XSL proposal addressed this issue by providing a means
in style sheets for identifying ID attributes in target documents.  A
similar mechanism might make sense for XLL.

ht

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