Re: Gutenberg (Character Entities 127 - 159)

Using
> " however, has problems with localization that are solved by using
the
> above mentioned entities

OTOH &quote; is one of the general entities that ALL XML parsers must
accept.

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: R. Ivan Linderman <navir(at)worldnet.att.net>
To: Arjun Ray <aray(at)nyct.net>
Cc: <hwg-gutenberg(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:08 PM
Subject: HWG: Gutenberg (Character Entities 127 - 159)


> Hi, Arjun:
>
> You're right: Entities 127 - 159 are NOT assigned in the DTD for either
HTML
> 4.01 or XHTML 1.0.
>
> I was lulled into thinking they might be acceptable because the W3C XHTML
> validator validated a page using these entities. Should we bring this to
the
> W3C's attention?
>
> The entities in question -- &#145; &#146; &#147; &#148; -- ARE supported
by
> Navigator versions 1 through 4+, Internet Explore 3 onward and WebTV, but,
> as you also note, that is no reason to use them.
>
> Unless someone provides an alternate reason to use them -- and referring
to
> 16-bit Unicode may be a good one -- I'm inclined to remove them. Using
> &quot; however, has problems with localization that are solved by using
the
> above mentioned entities.
>
> Why don't you provide the "rather technical" explanation why the above
> entities are "utterly wrong". I think the people involved in this project
> can understand at least some portion of the explanation.
>
> Finally, "bogus" means false, dishonest, or fraudulently imitating
> something; not good, pleasant, or acceptable. I'm sure you meant the
second
> definition and not the first.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan Linderman
>

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