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

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

But the *content* of the <foreign> element is not XML, meaning that it
cannot, itself, be parsed as XML, which is the intended meaning of the
statement you cite.

The <foreign> element itself is of course XML. It's content may or may not
be XML.

Cheers,

Eliot

On 12/17/09 10:22 AM, "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> wrote:

> 
> 
>> -----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
> 
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