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Re: [xml-dev] another naieve question - valid characters for ID values

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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] another naieve question - valid characters for ID values
From: Joe English <jenglish@flightlab.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:06:32 -0700
In-reply-to: <3D515FCB.7040104@textuality.com>
References: <3D515FCB.7040104@textuality.com> <3D515BF2.8F236F15@hp.com>

Tim Bray wrote:
> Rick Jones wrote:
>
> > Why do the the values of an ID attribute have to start with something
> > besides a number?
>
> Inherited from SGML.  No other real good reason for it. -Tim

... and SGML did it that way because an ID-valued attribute
is a name for the element on which it appears, so it has
the same lexical form as other names.

--Joe English

  jenglish@flightlab.com

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