Re: [xml-dev] XML-aware programming language?

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Elliotte Harold <>
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Dmitry Lizorkin <>
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2004-12-02T14:11:45Z
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Re: [xml-dev] XML-aware programming language?
Dmitry Lizorkin wrote:

> SXML is formally specified as the representation of of XML Information Set
> as Scheme nested lists.

How does SXML handle attribute types? in particular ID and IDREFS?

I was recently surprised to discover that DOM, at least Level 2, doesn't 
really handle this at all well; and it turns out to be necessary to 
implement XInclude, XPath, and various other technologies that might 
wish to sit on top of DOM. :-(

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
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