• From: "Pierre Morel" <pierre-morel@s...>
• To: "Xml-Dev" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:31:05 -0400

Why the XML specs declare two production rules with identical structure ?

[30]  extSubset ::=  TextDecl? extSubsetDecl

and

[79]  extPE ::=  TextDecl? extSubsetDecl

I don't understand very well the purpose of having two identical production
rules.

Best regards,

Pierre Morel





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