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- From: Marcus Carr <mrc@allette.com.au>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:26:13 +1100
"Clark C. Evans" wrote:
> Most of the XML DTD's that I've seen
> are strictly hierarchical. Questions:
>
> 1. Are there any use cases besides HTML
> for mixed content?
Unquestionably.
> 2. For modular XHTML, could a <xhtml:plain>
> element be included that eliminates
> the need for mixed-content?
>
> <p>hello<b>world</b></p>
>
> becomes
>
> <p><plain>hello</plain>
> <b><plain>world</plain></b>
> </p>
... and:
<p>hello <i>sweet <b>world</b></i>.</p>
becomes:
<p><plain>hello</plain><i><plain>sweet</plain>
<b><plain>world</plain></b></i><plain>.</plain></p>
I don't like you chances of selling that to anyone. Also, we have both conveniently
omitted the spaces between words - if inserted, a slightly different example of:
<p>hello <i>sweet</i> <b>world</b>.</p>
... might become:
<p><plain>hello </plain><i><plain>sweet</plain></i>
<plain> </plain><b><plain>world</plain></b><plain>.</plain></p>
Just as the period isn't supposed to be emphasised, one could argue that the spaces don't
belong to the elements either. If the element was a partnumber, it would probably be
incorrect to insert an additional space - that means that you have to deal with them
separately, not just bundle them into a convenient element. I don't see much future for
your proposed approach.
--
Regards,
Marcus Carr email: mrc@allette.com.au
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