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Adam Turoff wrote: > You sound wistful for a subset of DTD syntax that is useful for > novels and recipies. :-) Do we *really* need <!NOTATION> > declarations? Are IDs best defined in <!ENTITY> declarations? And > what about unparsed entities? Conditional sections? Mixed content > models? No, no, no, yes, yes. (We need to be able to adapt DTDs a bit, and in running text mixed content is a necessity, unless you are willing to have an awful lot of stoopid "span" elements. > A simple DTD schema language > (with XML Syntax) would probably be the best mesh for the problem > space you describe; rote translation to XML Schema / RelaxNG should > solve the interoperability issues. A subset of the RELAX NG informal syntax would serve very well. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@r...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel
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