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Re: [xml-dev] SGML default attributes.

Thank you all for correcting me.

regards

On 29 April 2016 at 21:31, Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> wrote:
> On 04/29/2016 09:33 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
>> Can anyone recall why attribute value defaulting was dropped
>> when XML was created?
>
> It wasn't. But it's from DTD-land. Still works just fine.
>
>> Does it seem 'useful' to anyone now?
>
> Yes, like #FIXED, it minimises document size when the attribute[s] are
> necessary, but the default represents the most commonly-needed value.
>
> ///Peter
>
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