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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Using XIncludes to include infosets
On Monday 02 February 2004 10:17, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 03:00:13PM -0800, Bob Stayton wrote: > > Personally, I find the xpointer="xpointer()" syntax a bit redundant. > > I would think the name of the attribute would indicate that the value > > is an XPointer. I wonder if "xpointer()" is necessary? > > I can't actually tell from reading the W3C specs. Perhaps > > Daniel Velliard can clarify. > > All I can clarify is that's it's a big bad mess ... I'm as > unhappy by the current state as anybody else. Working drafts > changed at the last moment, big pieces never getting to REC status, > Implementation stategies used to change the spec, etc ... > It is how it is, it is a bad shape, I used to hope this would clean > up, and every time I just get a clearer signal that this is doomed. > XPointer is fucked, and it seems XInclude takes the same way. I'm > very sorry about this, I'm unable to get things back in shape, and > I tried :-( ... > > Daniel Oh well, I guess we can all live with entity references for a lot longer:-) -- Sean Wheller
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