/ Yann Dirson <> was heard to say:
|> The proposed linking extensions will add XLink-namespaced attributes
|> more-or-less throughout. That works fine in SGML, until someone uses a
|> different xmlns declaration for the XLink namespace in different parts
|> of the same document.
|
| Why should it be a problem ? That's something an XML author could
| want to do, but that would just not be available to SGML authors. Or
| do I miss the point ?
I didn't speak clearly. The issue isn't really SGML vs XML here, it's
DTD validation.
You can't make this work:
<section>...
<para xmlns:xlink="...">
<emphasis xlink:href="...">...</emphasis>
</para>
<para xmlns:xl="...">
<emphasis xl:href="...">...</emphasis>
</para>
</section>
You can make either prefix (xl: or xlink:) work in any given document,
but as soon as you mix them, DTD validation is out the window.
Be seeing you,
norm
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| predecessor.
