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Re: [xml-dev] annotations outside validation
Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> All this discussion of IDs is making me wonder if maybe it isn't time to
> consider creating a class of attributes which aren't considered for
> validation of any kind, DTD or schema.
<!-- why not using comments -->
<?or even="processing instructions"?>
???
These are one of the few constructions which escape to validation (even
though there is no reason why one wouldn't invent a schema language
which could validate them as well)!
Eric
>
> Recipe:
>
> Make a magic namespace and fix a prefix for it. (Maybe xmlm for XML
> magic.)
>
> Tell validators not to touch anything in that namespace.
>
> Sprinkle as desired.
>
>
> Yeah, I know it's a stupid idea, fraught with all kinds of dangerous
> consequences, incompatibilities, and other difficult issues.
>
> On the other hand, we seem to constantly get stuck on all kinds of
> issues as we move into discussions where additional post-validation
> information is necessary, and we seem to just go around that in circles.
>
>
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