xml-dev - Re: HTML2_X.DTD

[lee@sq.com]

Joe English wrote:
> Or, more sensibly, you can follow Naggum's First Law of AND groups:
> If the order doesn't matter, you might as well pick one and stick
> with it:
> 
>     <!ELEMENT HEAD  (BASE?, TITLE, ISINDEX?, META*, LINK*) >
> 
> In this case the order does matter to some degree, since there 
> are metadata schemes which require groups of METAs and LINKs
> to appear in a certain order, so this is probably better:
> 
>     <!ELEMENT HEAD  (BASE?, TITLE, ISINDEX?, (META|LINK)*) >

It turns out that some of the widely used HTML authoring tools (no,
not HoTMetaL!) automatically add one or more adverts for their
manufacturers by adding META elements, usually immediately after the
title or right before it or, in at least one case (Microsoft's) on
either side of the title.

I stand by
    <!ELEMENT HEAD  (BASED ((BASE|TITLEISINDEX|META|LINK)*) >

Lee

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