W3C proposes XML identifiers | CNET News.com: "Calling it one of the final pieces of the XML puzzle, the Web's leading standards body proposed a uniform way of identifying elements within XML documents.
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) on Tuesday proposed XML:ID as a standard way to uniquely identify parts of an XML document, promising the specification would make the work of XML authors easier.
'It's going to simplify their life a lot,' said Philippe Le Hégaret, the W3C's architecture domain leader. 'They will be able to use identifiers more reliably without having to care what the XML parser is going to support.'
The way it is now, XML authors can identify parts of a document using a separate document like a schema or DTD (document type definition). That can lead to trouble if an XML parser can't find or read a schema.
XML authors also currently use internal mechanisms for identifiers, but those also run into problems..."
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
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