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Subject: DOCBOOK: Codepoint attribute for character elements
In the XML Character Entities draft, I wonder if there shouldn't be an option (or perhaps even a requirement) for a codepoint attribute on the character element that gives the decimal or hexadecimal value of the Unicode character; e.g.: <doc xmlns:e="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xmlcharent/names"> <p>This document uses the character names element to access character entities, such as "<e:char codepoint="0xE9"/>".</p> </doc> In many cases this would be easier to author, especially when looking up characters in the Unicode book or similar books. It would also be much easier for software to transform to the proper character than a name based lookup mechanism. Most importantly, this would allow this mechanism to be used for the unnamed Hangul syllables and CJK ideographs. -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@metalab.unc.edu | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | The XML Bible, 2nd Edition (Hungry Minds, 2001) | | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764547607/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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