Re: [xml-dev] SGML default attributes.

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Re: [xml-dev] SGML default attributes.
On 04/29/2016 09:33 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
> Can anyone recall why attribute value defaulting was dropped
> when XML was created?

It wasn't. But it's from DTD-land. Still works just fine.

> Does it seem 'useful' to anyone now?

Yes, like #FIXED, it minimises document size when the attribute[s] are
necessary, but the default represents the most commonly-needed value.

///Peter