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RE: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML

2001-10-29 12:40:48



-----Original Message-----
From: Fred L. Drake, Jr. [mailto:fdrake(_at_)acm(_dot_)org]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:27 PM

 > Logically xml:id should "win", but for backwards 
compatibility, I'd say that the application ID should "win". 

  Which is a good reaason to decree it to be an error -- ambiguity is
our enemy.

Yes: A much better idea than setting rules to pick the winner!

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