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----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Sergeant <matt@s...> To: Mark Volkmann <volkmann@i...> Cc: xml-dev <xml-dev@x...> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 3:04 PM Subject: Re: control characters > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Mark Volkmann wrote: > > > I've never seen a discussion of the reason why most ASCII control > > characters, such as a form feed, are not allowed in XML documents. Can > > anyone tell me the reason behind that decision or point me to a spec. that > > explains that? > > Two possible reasons: > > 1. They are unnecesary in XML - why have invisible codes when you can > substitute <formfeed/> or <bell/>. I agree. I should have been more specific. What I'd really like to do is output formfeeds from an XSLT stylesheet when the output mode is text. Since XSLT stylesheets are XML documents, I cannot do that. > 2. They can be useful in streamed XML as a record separator *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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