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• To: "'Mark O. Zorro'" <markozorro@f...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Why this restriction? (was Constraining a "mixed" mixed content model (XHTML <div>))
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:45:20 +0100
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> 
> To answer your last question first, I do not wish to add any new
> elements to the XHTML vocabulary I'm now using. So I'm stuck with
> having to use XHTML <div>.

It's your choice.
> 
> Now, to comment on your reply, which does seem to be right (where in
> the XML 1.0 spec does it specifically say DTDs are not allowed to
> constrain as I'd like it to?)

Section 3.2.2, specifically the syntax of production 51.
> 
> From a philosophical perspective, I find it sort of perplexing why
> there is this seeming limitation imposed upon DTDs. 

There's a lot of history here, but I'm not well versed in it.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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