Re: [xml-dev] XML Redux

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:27:34 -0000
"Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com> wrote:

> I like the direction of this.  I see a slight problem when you don't
> want your marked up text to start with markup.  i.e. you want:
> 
>     abstract: Here be <em>some</em> dragons
> 
> Maybe you have to do:
> 
>     abstract: <Here be <em>some</em> dragons>
> 
> and:
> 
>     abstract: <<para { style : "bold" }>Here be some dragons</para>>
> 
> such that '<' denotes the start of a special kind of construct in the
> same way that '{', '[', and '"' denote the start of special kinds of
> construct.


Or require that 'text' be contained in markup, as per xml 1.0?
Doesn't sound onerous Pete?

Why would you want it *not* to start with markup?

But then looking at Mikes
> {  authors: [
>       {name: "Michael Kay", affiliation: "Saxonica"},
>       {name: "Liam Quin", affiliation: "W3C"}
>    ]
>    abstract: <para { style : "bold" }>Here be some dragons</para>
>    content: <section { numbers : [1,1,2] }><para>...</para></section>
> }

I'm not sure if content: is markup? I can see authors as a list..
Is content: wrapping <section/>


Mike?

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