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SGML has (note: HAS not HAD; SGML may be unfashionable but it is still in use) a mechanism to designate characters other than the default < and > as delimiters. However, this feature is rarely used, and when used is rarely anything other than a stupid markup trick. In my opinion, there are several valuable features of SGML that are not in XML. This is not one of them. -- Tommie >On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Jim Tivy<jimt@b...> wrote: >> Not a good idea for an open interoperatable data format. > >If part of the spec is a way to figure out what delimiters are being >used in any given instance, then I'd argue the exact opposite. I >believe this was the case for SGML (anyone?) > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Hunsberger [mailto:peter.hunsberger@g...] >> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:31 AM >> To: Pete Cordell >> Cc: XML Developers List >> Subject: Re: XHTML 2 Working Group won't be renewed? >> >>> From: "Michael Kay" >>>> >>>> One problem is that the more universal you want to make it, the more >>>> contexts it has to be unambiguous in: for example XQuery has problems >> with >>>> {uri}local because it already uses "{" extensively. >>> >>> If you get really desperate you could do something Perl-esque where you >>> choose your delimiters. >> >> Didn't SGML allow you to choose your own delimiters (in general)? >> >> -- >> Peter Hunsberger >> > >-- >Peter Hunsberger > >_______________________________________________________________________ > >XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS >to support XML implementation and development. To minimize >spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > >[Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ >Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... >subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... >List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ >List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php -- ====================================================================== B. Tommie Usdin mailto:btusdin@m... Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: 301/315-9631 Suite 207 Direct Line: 301/315-9634 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in XML and SGML ======================================================================
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