Re: HTML3 body tag
Murray Maloney (murray@sco.COM)
Tue, 7 Mar 95 12:26:24 EST
>
> > <!ENTITY foobar SYSTEM "http://foo.com/bar.html.inc">
> >
> > &foobar;
>
> Is preferrable to
>
> > <DL> ....
> > <DT> foobar
> > <DD> <INCLUDE ID=foobar NAME="foobar" HREF="http://foo.com/bar.html.inc"
> > REL="subdoc" REV="glossary"
> > TITLE="The definition of foobar is...">
>
> because the parser can validate the former, but not the latter.
>
More accurately, the parser could parse the SYSTEM value in the
ENTITY declaration, but not the HREF value. Given that we
have accepted that limitation for <A> and <LINK>, I don't see
this as a strong argument. Are you suggesting that <A> and <LINK>
syntax must be changed?
Murray