Subject: RE: XSL FO DTD problems From: "Ed Nixon" <ed.nixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:27:55 -0400 |
What is the significance of the fact that the XSL DTD cannot be expressed in... XML (syntax, semantics, whatever...)? ...edN > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Grosso > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 5:06 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: XSL FO DTD problems > > > At 13:49 1999 06 25 -0700, Rick Geimer wrote: > >Is it my imagination, or is the DTD for XSL formatting > objects (from the > >following URL) an invalid XML DTD? > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl/#AEN7695 > > > >I tried parsing it with the XML parser in IE5, and IBM's > XML4C parser, > >and neither one accepted. However, it seems to be a valid SGML DTD. > > You are right that it is an SGML DTD, not an XML DTD. At this stage > (given that we don't yet have XML schemas and SGML DTD's are more > powerful that XML DTDs), this seemed to be the best way to express > what we needed to express. This DTD is *not* meant to be used in > any specific way (e.g., in an implementation), it was merely the most > convenient expositional tool the editors had at their > immediate disposal. > > >Does anyone know if there is a valid XML version of this DTD, or if > >there are plans to updated it for XML compliance? > > It appears to me there are four logical choices: > > 1. leave it as an SGML DTD, > 2. convert it to an XML DTD and lose useful information, > 3. use something other than an XML or SGML DTD, > 4. just delete the whole thing from the spec. > > I don't know what the editors will decide to do. > (My preference is option 1, but I'm only one voice.) > > paul > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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