• From: ht@i... (Henry S. Thompson)
• To: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:55:57 +0100

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Michael Kay writes:

> I wasn't there either, but I always thought that they took DTDs as the
> starting point, and then added capabilities corresponding to the main ways
> in which parameter entities were believed to be used to achieve
> customization and reuse.

I _was_ there, and that's a good summary.  I'd add two more points:
introducing the tag/type distinction and removing the most egregious
differences between attribute and element type declarations.

ht
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