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Re: [xml-dev] Is "apos" still valid as per XML specs?

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To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Is "apos" still valid as per XML specs?
From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:56:34 +0100
Cc: tmutreja@netscape.com, xml <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
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* Tim Bray wrote:
>At 09:08 PM 04/03/02 +0530, Tanu Mutreja wrote:
>>Just had a query regarding "apos". It's been marked as deprecated in the
>>latest HTML. Is it not the case with XML?
>
>Ouch.  Why on earth was it deprecated? -Tim

It's use is deprecated if you want compatibility to existing HTML user
agents. This entity hasn't been defined in HTML, hence existing user
agents do not support that entity.

References:
- Is "apos" still valid as per XML specs?
  - From: tmutreja@netscape.com (Tanu Mutreja)
- Re: [xml-dev] Is "apos" still valid as per XML specs?
  - From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>

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