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To: "'Joe Forrest'" <curiousmejf@yahoo.com>,"'Peter Davis'" <peter@pdavis.cx>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: RE: [xml-dev]
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:46:55 +0100
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> Is "--" allowed in the content of comment in a XML by
> any means and call it legal XML?.
> 

It is not allowed. Production 15 says it is not allowed; the "for
compatibility" text says why the designers made this rule.

Yes: I used to think it meant that if you weren't interested in SGML
compatibility, you could ignore the rule; but it doesn't, and you can't.


Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com

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