Re: [xml-dev] Character Entities: An XML Core WG View

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Anthony B. Coates scripsit:

> If the W3C defined elements for characters for
> HTML, so that character entities could and would be deprecated, everyone else
> would follow suit.  

Elements for characters, unlike entities, don't work in attribute values.

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