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

[David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>]

> An alternative would be to have an attribute that declares the name of the 
> attribute that is an ID attribute, say xml:idatt. To make this useable, 
> xml:idatt would be inherited.  

Good idea -- so long as there's a sibling "xml:idatts", so that multiple
attributes can be defined as defining IDs.  I really do not like the
arbitrary restriction that elements may not have IDs defined for more
than one purpose.

- Dave