Re: [xml-dev] Is "apos" still valid as per XML specs?

* Tim Bray wrote:
>At 09:08 PM 04/03/02 +0530, Tanu Mutreja wrote:
>>Just had a query regarding "apos". It's been marked as deprecated in the
>>latest HTML. Is it not the case with XML?
>
>Ouch.  Why on earth was it deprecated? -Tim

It's use is deprecated if you want compatibility to existing HTML user
agents. This entity hasn't been defined in HTML, hence existing user
agents do not support that entity.