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   Re: Why the Infoset?

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  • From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
  • To: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@geotempo.com>, "xml-dev@xml.org" <xml-dev@xml.org>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 11:32:48 -0400

Rick JELLIFFE wrote:
> 
> John Cowan wrote:
> >  Character references are lost, it is true.
> > If you want them back, shout now.
> 
> Can I shout the opposite: "the fact that a character was entered
> directly or by reference should not be information available for any
> other specification or general-purpose application: it should not be
> part of the infoset."

And so yr. hble. Editor, a meek ass between two burdens, or piles of hay,
or whatever, will soldier on, seeing the world by his own lights and
living by his own hands -- until overruled by authority.

Comments to mailto:www-infoset-comments@w3.org .

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Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau,  || http://www.reutershealth.com
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau,           || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.            -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)




 

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