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RE: [xml-dev] So maybe ID isn't a problem after all.
The apriori link target problem is well-known.
The trick is, a link is not *content*. It is an
in-band marker needed by the linking application.
If we do it like HTML (the language that causes
the problems XML is supposed to fix), then we create
an element based target with a name= att. If that is
what XPointer needs, do that. The problem is not
the means of locating, it is the means of declaration.
The advantage of xml: is that it is the system vocabulary
and needs no declaration. The same for PIs.
Fine. Just don't call it an ID. That is a different
beastie with additional requirements.
len
-----Original Message-----
From: Champion, Mike [mailto:Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com]
Well, if you mean they understand elements, attributes, and text in a
default encoding, yes. I think most people originally grokked XML by
analogy with HTML -- "OK,it's like HTML, but a little bit more: all the tags
have to be balanced, you really do have to quote attribute values, and you
get to choose your own tagnames ..." If I'm right, they *expect* to be able
to do the other stuff you get for free in HTML, such as links.