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

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

From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@mercury.ccil.org]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:

>> Again, why would xml:id be architecturally superior?  Without 
>> answers to that question, there is no reason to continue this 
>> thread because the requirement has not been clearly articulated. 

>To provide an interoperable meaning for nude-name XPointers that
>does not depend on any particular vocabulary, format, or
>schema.

Ah.  Are these expected to work in PDF?  

len

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