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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: format notations
> From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> > > | <!ATTLIST imagedata format > | (BMP|CGM-CHAR|CGM-BINARY|CGM-CLEAR|DITROFF|DVI|EPS|EQN|FAX|GIF|GIF87a|GIF89a|JPG|JPEG|IGES|PCX|PIC|PNG|PS|SGML|TBL|TEX|TIFF|WMF|WPG|linespecific) > | #IMPLIED > > > This question reminded me of a question I was wondering about. > > Does *anyone* use an SGML or XML system that actually *cares* about > NOTATIONs? Would *any* application suffer if we simply did away with > the notations and allowed the format attribute to be either a delimited > list or just CDATA? It is a good question, but how would one know? A processor that has access to the DTD may be using the NOTATION information, but I wouldn't know it We could use the time-honored "change it and see what breaks" method to find out. 8^) bobs Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@caldera.com
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