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[Stefan Mintert] > which is the correct SGML declaration for XML? > > I found three: > > 1a) <!SGML -- SGML Declaration for XML -- > "ISO 8879:1986 (ENR)" > > 1b) <!SGML -- SGML Declaration for XML -- > "ISO 8879:1986 (WWW)" > > > both in http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-sgml-xml-971215 > Comparison of SGML and XML > > 2) <!SGML -- SGML Declaration for XML -- > "ISO 8879:1986 (WWW)" > > in http://www.sgmlsource.com/8879rev/n1955.htm > ISO 8879 TC2 XML is from the W3C. Trust the resources from there. The "SGML Declaration for XML" in the corrigendum for SGML is a sample. It is in no way authoritative with respect to XML. > As far as I know (1b) is correct, since XML 1.0 reads: > > [5] Name ::= (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)* > > which means, a Name may start (NAMESTRT) with a ':' That's correct, in pre-namespace XML. The namespace specification will impose additional constraints which a namespace-aware processor would enforce. -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek> 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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