Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!sics.se!ifi.uio.no!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: A floating paired tag... Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 14:30:56 GMT References: <1991Jun12.131914.19072@hal.com> <1991Jun13.135420.29128@hal.com> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 39 Nntp-Posting-Host: gyda.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: jbm@hal.com's message of 13 Jun 91 13: 54:20 GMT Originator: enag@gyda.ifi.uio.no Brad Might writes: | | Can you show me where you have read that #CURRENT attributes | are shared amongst different elements? No. Not because I'm stubborn, but because you're right -- there is no such place. Several things contributed to my misunderstanding of this. The word "inherit" occurs in B.5.2.4 [38:20], and I think I mixed the rank feature in (note the name groupe I used to indicate that they belonged together -- all bogus), and added a touch of so-called "object oriented" languages to expand the meaning of "inherit" beyond the safety limit. | Nowhere in the standard have I seen a mention of inheriting | attribute values from elements of a different type. I stand corrected. I spent a lot of time leafing back and forth trying to find places where it said I was wrong, but all I found was places where it said I wasn't right, but could be interpreted to be. When I looked for places where it said I was right, I found none. This makes me understand how people can stick with small misunder- standings for a long time. Thanks for setting this straight so fast. | I do see this mentioned in "Practical SGML", but it's not the | standard. Hmmm... one of the annoying errors that bit _me_. Eeek. :-) To conclude, then, there is no way to make an attribute value be inherited by subelements of an element which specifies a value. Kind of sad, since it leaves the solution. Does your NOTATION suggestion provide a better solution? -- Erik Naggum Professional Programmer +47-2-836-863 Naggum Software Electronic Text 0118 OSLO, NORWAY Computer Communications