RE: [xml-dev] xml:href, xml:rel and xml:type

["Rushforth, Peter" <Peter.Rushforth@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca>]

Len,

Pleasantly surprised!   
> You might be surprised to know I support the idea, Peter.  In 
> days of old, SGML hypertext systems did not require 
> downtranslation to a gencode
> such as HTML and it's family of variants.   We could create a DTD,
> create a stylesheet corresponding to it and using the 
> reserved attributes of the specific hypertext engine (what 
> HTML5 really is), display, navigate and retrieve as well as 
> do various limited GUI
> magicks.   My point of view is that types such as xml:href are
> essentially that:  local engine controls for some n of local.
> 


Thanks for that.

Cheers,
Peter