At 5:30 PM +0100 2/2/04, Peter Ring wrote:
>Thanks for the clarifications (and sorry for top-posting this way)
>
>Yes, I hinted to the xpointer() scheme draft
>http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-xpointer/
>
>Is it possible to state something in general terms (suitable for docbook-aps
>rather than xml-dev) about what goes on? Pointing at document fragments is a
>fairly basic thing; are we -- eventually -- to expect conceptually coherent
>framework?
>
No, you should not expect such a thing, at least not from the W3C.
The effort to develop such a syntax there failed, and is unlikely to
be restarted anytime in the next few years. It's always possible a
third party(s) will develop their own solution which could achieve de
facto adoption.
--
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA
