[whatwg] Re: WEB_FORMS 2.0 comment, repetition model, using reserved macro scripting syntax

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> > 
> > In any case, "[" and "]" are now valid in IDs according to the WF2 
> > SGML declaration, apparently:
> > 
> > http://syntax.whatwg.org/sgml/html5core+wf2/pre1/declaration
> > 
> > Doesn't help in XML, but in XML DTDs aren't needed at all anyway, so 
> > the point is largely moot.
> 
> Maybe xml-editor at w3.org could be mailed to address this issue? If they 
> accept it as a valid issue 'xs:ID' will eventually change, right?

What exactly would the issue be? "Not enough characters are valid in IDs"? 
I suppose someone could raise that, but I doubt that changing XML syntax 
(this would require revving XML) will be very popular.

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