[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: enumeration and defaults
For the record, this does have an impact on XHTML (potentially significant, at that), but is not about namespaces or W3C process, and I'd like to keep it that way. However, I am using the XML-dev archives for reference, hoping to reduce the byte-volume of the list and see how well it works. I received two separate replies to my question regarding enumeration and defaulting, one from Tim Bray, and one from John Cowan, which he's graciously let me post publicly. They take opposite positions on an issue with XML 1.0 that has an impact on the current XHTML's formulation, at least in the transitional and frameset varieties. My original question: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/0606.html (basically, is it legit to use #IMPLIED on the declaration for an enumerated attribute type and NOT specify a value in the document.) At 05:22 PM 9/10/99 -0400, John Cowan wrote: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/0636.html (basically, yes. XHTML does it.) At 02:32 PM 9/10/99 -0700, Tim Bray wrote: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/0609.html (basically, no, but it would be nice to see in schemas.) The relevant references for XHTML, if anyone needs them, are at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/frameset.dtd (search for ATTLIST ul to get to a section where this matters) I think we have a use-case staring us in the face, in a DTD. Does this mean that XHTML is wrong, or that the more generous interpretation (John Cowan's) holds? Simon St.Laurent XML: A Primer (2nd Ed - September) Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Sharing Bandwidth / Cookies http://www.simonstl.com 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/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 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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