> From: Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> | <!ATTLIST imagedata format
> |
>(BMP|CGM-CHAR|CGM-BINARY|CGM-CLEAR|DITROFF|DVI|EPS|EQN|FAX|GIF|GIF87a|GIF89a|JPG|JPEG|IGES|PCX|PIC|PNG|PS|SGML|TBL|TEX|TIFF|WMF|WPG|linespecific)
> | #IMPLIED >
>
> This question reminded me of a question I was wondering about.
>
> Does *anyone* use an SGML or XML system that actually *cares* about
> NOTATIONs? Would *any* application suffer if we simply did away with
> the notations and allowed the format attribute to be either a delimited
> list or just CDATA?
It is a good question, but how would one know?
A processor that has access to the DTD may be
using the NOTATION information, but I wouldn't
know it
We could use the time-honored "change it and
see what breaks" method to find out. 8^)
bobs
Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street
Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796
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