RE: [dita] foreign element description issue (non-XML?)

["Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eliot Kimber [mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 2009 December 17 10:04
> To: Grosso, Paul; dita
> Subject: Re: [dita] foreign element description issue (non-XML?)
> 
> On 12/17/09 9:59 AM, "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> wrote:
> 
> > In reviewing DITA 1.2, I came across something that is more
> > than just editorial, so I thought I'd take it to the list.
> >
> > The shortdesc for the foreign element says (excerpted):
> >
> >  The <foreign> element allows content.... The content may be XML
> >  or non-XML, such as MathML, SVG, or some non-XML data format....
> >
> > I don't believe "non-XML" is correct.  I don't see how one
> > can put non-XML inside an XML document.  In fact, I don't
> > know what is meant by "non-XML" in this case.
> >
> > My review comment is suggesting we delete any reference
> > to non-XML in this description.  Any objections?
> 
> <gml class="+ topic/foreign my-foreign-d/gml ">
> <![CDATA[
> .df foo
> .ef bar
> This is GML formatted text
> .ex another macro
> ]]>
> </gml>
> 
> Non-XML is perfectly sensible within <foreign>.

I disagree.  That's not non-XML.  It's a <gml>
element with CDATA content.

paul