Re: [xml-dev] MicroXML and &

[Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>]

On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 15:00 -0600, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
[...]
> I couldn't even support such an idea in principle. For me, one of the
> cornerstones of XML's value is in completely determining the lexical space.
> I think leaving entity interpretation to applications would kick a huge
> hole in that.

Since an application can substitute an alternate DTD by mapping the
public or system identifier, this is the status quo today.

Liam

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