SGML has (note: HAS not HAD; SGML may be unfashionable but it is
still in use) a mechanism to designate characters other than the
default < and > as delimiters. However, this feature is rarely used,
and when used is rarely anything other than a stupid markup trick. In
my opinion, there are several valuable features of SGML that are not
in XML. This is not one of them.
-- Tommie
>On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Jim Tivy<> wrote:
>> Not a good idea for an open interoperatable data format.
>
>If part of the spec is a way to figure out what delimiters are being
>used in any given instance, then I'd argue the exact opposite. I
>believe this was the case for SGML (anyone?)
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Hunsberger [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:31 AM
>> To: Pete Cordell
>> Cc: XML Developers List
>> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XHTML 2 Working Group won't be renewed?
>>
>>> From: "Michael Kay"
>>>>
>>>> One problem is that the more universal you want to make it, the more
>>>> contexts it has to be unambiguous in: for example XQuery has problems
>> with
>>>> {uri}local because it already uses "{" extensively.
>>>
>>> If you get really desperate you could do something Perl-esque where you
>>> choose your delimiters.
>>
>> Didn't SGML allow you to choose your own delimiters (in general)?
>>
>> --
>> Peter Hunsberger
>>
>
>--
>Peter Hunsberger
>
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