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

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org>]

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At 19:02 29-10-2001, David Brownell wrote:
>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.

Then you'll need a way to undeclare them too (xml:noidatts) - if only zero 
or one can be in force at a time, it's easy just to declare zero.  But if n 
can be in force, you need a way to turn "foo-id" off.

- -Chris
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