RE: [xsl] CDATA - Can I have XML ?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeffrey,

At 09:55 AM 3/7/2003, you wrote:
> What about the situation where an XHTML fragment needs to be
> put into an otherwise "vanilla" XML document, where character
> entities (“ etc.) are embedded in the XHTML document
> fragment?
>
> Is it poor design to use these character entities?

This is an excellent question.

With my documentary biases, I'd like to see the containing XML have the 
necessary declarations so you could use your character entities 
transparently. In the kind of systems I have experience with (mainly 
publishing systems of various kinds) I believe this could be done fairly 
straightforwardly in most cases, although it's admittedly something else to 
manage.

On the other hand, I can imagine there might be scenarios where this 
wouldn't seem worth the trouble. Much depends on your operational requirements.

I'd also like to hear what others think on this one.

Cheers,
Wendell


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