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From: Stefan Mintert <mintert@i...> >What is the correct SGML declaration for XML? The correct one is: <!SGML -- SGML Declaration for XML -- "ISO 8879:1986 (WWW)" This is the 1997 extensions of SGML for the WWW: character ranges in names, hexadecimal character references, and white-space handling. (Parsers in) SGML systems before made before 1998 will not support these extensions. <!SGML -- SGML Declaration for XML -- "ISO 8879:1986 (ENR)" This is the 1996 extension to SGML: it allows character ranges only. (Parsers in) SGML systems made before 1997 will not support this extension. XML can still use this: but you will want to use decimal numeric character references only. You must have a DOCTYPE declaration. The parser must support NET-enabled tag minimization, to cope with <x/> tags, otherwise just use <x> for EMPTY element types. "ISO 8879:1986 (ENR)" is transitional only. Finally <!SGML "ISO 8879:1986" This is traditional SGML. XML can still use this: but you will want to use decimal numeric character references only, and restrict yourself to less than 60 name characters more than ASCII. You must have a DOCTYPE declaration. The parser must support NET-enabled tag minimization to cope with <x/> tags, otherwise just use <x> for EMPTY element types. >(2): > a Name may start (NAMESTRT) with a ':' All uses of ":" are still experimental. Starting a name with ":" would presumably be done to implement some scoping. In general, XML has avoided anything which makes parsing or understanding a name depend on context--it has a terrible complicating effect. (Note however, that attribute and data values are full of context-dependent connotations.) My understanding is that the namespace proposal is currently not intending to allow ":" to prefix names, but you should ask the WG people for some confirmation: (Tim?) Rick Jelliffe xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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