• From: Michael Glavassevich <mrglavas@c...>
• To: "John L. Clark" <jlc6@p...>
• Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:28:14 -0400

john.l.clark@g... wrote on 09/16/2009 02:20:49 PM:

> Mike,
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Mike Sokolov <sokolov@i...> wrote:
> > Question: is xml:id considered a "DTD-determined ID" according to the XProc
> > spec?  I read it, and found this sentence:
> >
> > [Definition: An attribute information item is a DTD-determined ID if and
> > only if it has a [type definition] property whose value is equal to ID.]
> >
> > I think that's true of xml:id, but would like it if someone more
> > knowledgeable could confirm or deny
>
> It sure is.  See <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-id/#dt-id-assignment>,
> which I think is pretty clear on that.

... only if an xml:id processor did that assignment. The attribute itself doesn't magically have that property.

> Take care,
>
>     John L. Clark
>
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Michael Glavassevich
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