Re: [xml-dev] Alternative "character entity" proposal

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John Cowan <>
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Richard Tobin <>
Date
2003-10-21T22:01:06Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Alternative "character entity" proposal
Richard Tobin scripsit:

> >Is scoping really necessary?
> 
> Yes, it's the main reason that the existing DTD mechanism is
> inadequate.

I think the main reasons (they work in concert) that the DTD mechanism is
inadequate are:

1) external DTDs are convenient, but there's no guarantee they'll be
   processed;

2) internal DTDs are inconvenient, and XSLT provides no way to regenerate
   them after a transformation.

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John Cowan    www.reutershealth.com  www.ccil.org/~cowan
Original line from _The Warrior's Apprentice_ by Lois McMaster Bujold:
"Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one."
English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to
lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon."