Re: xml:id

ON WED, 09 JAN 2008 06:01:18 +0100, DANIEL VEILLARD
<DANIELVEILLARD.COM>  
WROTE:
> THERE IS CERTAINLY WEB ENGINE WHICH DON'T RECOGNIZE
XML:ID NOW,
> BUT IF THE WEB CONTENT IS TARGETTING REUSE AND LONG
LIFETIME
> I WOULD AVOID RELYING JUST ON THE SVG HARDCODED
BEHAVIOUR.

I FAIL TO SEE HOW THIS MATTERS FOR SVG, (X)HTML, MATHML, OR
XBL CONTENT  
FOR THAT MATTER AS THESE MARKUP LANGUAGES ALL INCLUDE AN
ID="" ATTRIBUTE  
THAT BEHAVES IN THE SAME WAY. USER AGENTS PROCESSING THOSE
LANGUAGES NEED  
TO BE AWARE OF WAY MORE THAN THE IDNESS OF THE
ID="" ATTRIBUTE.

NOW FOR WEB BROWSERS IT WOULD HAVE MADE THINGS BETTER IF THE
ID=""  
ATTRIBUTE WERE MADE A GLOBAL ATTRIBUTE IN XML AS OPPOSED TO
XML:ID  
(CONSIDERING THE PRIMARY AUTHORING LANGUAGE USES THAT AND
ALL), BUT IT  
SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THIS ERROR WILL BE FIXED WITH XML:ID IN
PLACE.


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