xml-dev - Re: SAX2 Lexical Handler Suggestions

[Chris Pratt <chris@planetpratt.com>]

So you're actually saying that XML can't handle this type of dynamic
processing???  That seems very short sighted of the W3C.  I was able to make
SAX2 support this with minimal effort using small modifications to Dave
Brownell's AElfred2 parser, that would not make anyone's life more
difficult.  I thought that this was an area for discussion of the uses of
this technology, but I guess I was wrong.
    (*Chris*)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Megginson" <david@megginson.com>
To: "Chris Pratt" <chris@planetpratt.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: SAX2 Lexical Handler Suggestions


> > Chris Pratt wrote:
> >
> > No, let me see if an example will make this clearer, sorry about the
Rich Text Format and the length of the message.  I have this XHTML:
>
> [snip example with entity references in attribute values]
>
> No, SAX will not give you this, and doing so would have made attributes
> *much* more complicated for the other 99% of users (look at attributes
> in DOM and you'll see what I mean).  Likewise, XSL does not expose this
> kind of information.  I recommend either (a) choosing a different system
> that makes the macro references explicit, or (b) choosing a different
> kind of interface.
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David
>
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