Re: [xml-dev] another naieve question - valid characters for ID values

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Re: [xml-dev] another naieve question - valid characters for ID values
Rick Jones wrote:

> Why do the the values of an ID attribute have to start with something
> besides a number? 

Inherited from SGML.  No other real good reason for it. -Tim