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At 10:48 AM -0500 11/2/02, Ann Navarro wrote:
>No one has yet answered the question.....do we *really* expect the
>average document author (who has not written, nor may even have
>control of, the DTD) to add internal/external subsets in order to
>use a frequently needed character?
I'll answer that for me, before I head off to Paris for my vacation:
No, I do not expect the average document author to add
internal/external subsets in order to use a frequently needed
character. I do expect them to type it in their document directly
using a keyboard, character encoding, font, and input method that
makes it available to them. I expect them not to use an entity
reference at all. If they cannot do so, then I claim the problem lies
with one or more of the keyboard, character encoding, font, and input
method. It does not lie with XML, which is perfectly content to have
the actual characters people type.
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