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Re: Come On, DTD, Come On! Thoughts on DSDL Part 9

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• Subject: Re: Come On, DTD, Come On! Thoughts on DSDL Part 9
• From: Marcus Carr <mcarr@a...>
• Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:29:14 +1000
• Organization: Allette Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd
• References: <200206111731.NAA15897@m...> <hb0iguks9ppbm18h4bkdf0d1e7pibqd2p8@4...> <3D09258B.F7CF6404@a...> <1daigug7mm6ebfqu5q2atfjvk0bo1ubui3@4...> <3D0933FC.D8659C4C@a...> <62uiguonut1vvg9nb1ge82bb6o67p4siv9@4...>

Arjun Ray wrote:

> PEs need to die.  Killing them off, however, needs additions to DTD syntax
> to cover the situations for which to date PEs have been used as kludges.

The only reason I'd have for keeping them is to allow a DTD to be broken into
separate files. As long as that was catered for somehow, I'd be happy to see them
die.

I could do without the ability to group element and attribute declarations too -
like PEs, I think they make DTDs more difficult to read, particularly if you're
looking for a particular element declaration. I'd rather search for the string
"<!ELEMENT foo" than sift through all the places that foo gets mentioned in the
DTD.

Terseness in DTD redesign is of minimal importance...;-)


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Marcus Carr                      email:  mcarr@a...
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
       - Einstein

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