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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML
At 03:07 PM 30/07/2002 -0700, Bob Stayton wrote: > > I believe it is still the case that there is no element/attribute > > solution to the general profiling scenario that works in all cases > > that marked sections work. Am I wrong? > >No, you are right. Marked sections are much more >powerful because they operate at a 'higher' level >than elements. You can have duplicate elements and ID >attributes, and marked sections can also cross element >boundaries, as long as the thing validates in the end. > >Are you going to lobby to put marked sections back >in XML? 8^) Well, why not put them back? I gather from Norm's comments that this is not considered to be a feasible solution. Why is this so? I'd dearly like to have conditional sections in DocBook XML. I was planning to migrate from SGML to XML shortly after DocBook 5.0 was finalised, but I now expect that I'll be sticking with SGML for quite a while yet. Regards, Andrew Westcombe Documentation Manager Gaming and Entertainment Technology (GET) www.getsystems.com ph. +61-2-9419-2000 email: asw@getsystems.com ------------------------------------------------ Even if a civil society were to dissolve itself by the vote of all its members... nevertheless, before they go, the last murderer in prison must be executed. Immanuel Kant --Die Metaphysik der Sitten
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