Re: MicroXML and &

From: Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net>
To: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:00:32 -0600

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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:52 PM, David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk> wrote:

On 01/06/2012 21:12, Pete Cordell wrote:

One possible solution is to pass through unknown entity refs
unchanged... no need to actually resolve it at parse time.

I really like this idea. Then the entities can be application specific,
although obviously the use of a common set is encouraged.

I thought the imposed constraint of xml compatibility meant this wasn't an option?

as John wrote earlier in the thread (about a different aspect)

I couldn't even support such an idea in principle. For me, one of the cornerstones of XML's value is in completely determining the lexical space. I think leaving entity interpretation to applications would kick a huge hole in that.

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  - From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
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  - From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>

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