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/ "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> was heard to say: | In other words, elements, attributes and namespaces are here to stay, | whereas DTDs, entities and PIs are transitional, and are on the way out. I've never understood the animosity expressed against processing instructions. Yes, it's dumb to use them for important structural or semantic information, but it's handy to be able to give a specific processor a specific instruction: <?myprocessor myhack="yes, please"?> What are the alternatives? 1. Structured comments? <!--#if myprocessor then myhack="yes, please"--> Shudder. No. Please. Not now, not ever. 2. Oddball namespaced elements and attributes? <my:processor myhack="yes, please"/> or <someelement myprocessor:myhack="yes, please"/> Those just aren't appropriate. For one thing, the document may not allow my oddball namespaced things at those locations. 3. Namespaced PI targets. I suppose this would be handy, but I don't think it's going to happen. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman.Walsh@E... | The stone fell on the pitcher? Woe to the XML Technology Center | pitcher. The pitcher fell on the stone? Woe Sun Microsystems, Inc. | to the pitcher.--Rabbinic Saying
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