RE: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification

> There isn't much difference between:
> 
>     <product_item>
>       <part_description>3 1/2" Spanner</part_description>
>     </product_item>
> 
> and:
> 
>     <product_item>
>       part_description&="3 1/2^" Spanner"
>     </product_item>
> 

There's one rather significant difference: the first one is XML and the
second one isn't.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/