RE: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

But there is an architectural solution now.  Some don't like it 
and yes, this is an architecture thread, so perhaps "selling" 
can wait for another thread.  (See self-fulfilling prophecies). 

What are the architectural objections to #1?

The more semantically-loaded strings we add to well-formedness, 
the more XML processors become RTF processors and that feels 
retro.  Will the semantic escape always be xml:yadda?

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@textuality.com]

At 08:40 AM 29/10/01 -0600, Paul Grosso wrote:
>Here are some options (all discussed before):
>1.  use the internal subset to declare IDs

#1 is minimal-impact.  Can it be sold?  I.e., if you
want the "name" attr to be an ID, then you need the following
at the top of the file with a line for each element type
that "name" can appear on:

<!DOCTYPE rootType [
 <!ATTLIST element1 name ID #IMPLIED>
 <!ATTLIST element2 name ID #IMPLIED>
 ... etc...
]>

I'm not sure it's going to be easy to get the community to
buy into this.