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Re: Are notations dead, or just pining for the fjords? (was Re: SAX and

• From: John Cowan <cowan@l...>
• To: XML Dev <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 09:57:23 -0500

David Megginson scripsit:

> I have seen almost no use of notations and unparsed
> entities in any type of XML application (other than demos by a few
> old-guard SGML types like Eliot and me).

As I noted before, elements and attributes were familiar from HTML,
and DTDs add obvious value (even though many are not using them
either), but notations are not explained anywhere, so non-(SGML geeks)
can't be blamed for not using them.  Yet.

Education and time will take care of this point.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@c...
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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