• To: "David LeBlanc" <whisper@o...>,"Tim Bray" <tbray@t...>
• Subject: RE: Element content
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:24:42 -0800
• Cc: "Xml-Dev@Lists. Xml. Org" <xml-dev@l...>
• Thread-index: AcLAuIUsl2Vf3vMzSM6nJNmN5+djCgAAP644
• Thread-topic: Element content

Why would you think this is not allowed? 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: David LeBlanc [mailto:whisper@o...] 
	Sent: Mon 1/20/2003 11:16 AM 
	To: Tim Bray 
	Cc: Xml-Dev@Lists. Xml. Org 
	Subject: RE:  Element content
	
	

	So just to be completely clear on this, if a DTD allows it, then something
	like this would be legal?:
	<node>yada yada yada
	        <node> blah blah blah </node>
	etc. </node>
	
	or, in xml:
	<!ELEMENT node (node+) >
	
	?
	
	Thanks,
	
	David LeBlanc
	Seattle, WA USA
	
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@t...]
	> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 0:42
	> To: David LeBlanc
	> Cc: Xml-Dev@Lists. Xml. Org
	> Subject: Re:  Element content
	>
	>
	> David LeBlanc wrote:
	> > A question has arisen about element content. I'm reasonably
	> sure I've read
	> > that it's illegal for an element to contain itself either directly or
	> > indirectly. Is this correct, and if so, can someone point me to
	> the relevant
	> > section of the XML Recommendation please?
	>
	> Perfectly legal, happens all the time.  Now *entities* can't contain
	> themselves, but that's a different kettle of markup -Tim
	>
	>
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