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Hi Benno, 1) you can always use it. it is part of the basic XML syntax definition. 2) mail client behavior - i am constantly hitting reply thinking the reply will go to the mailing list, but it goes to the sender instead.. - Joe On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 11:02, Benno Blumenthal wrote: > Joe Wielgosz wrote: > > > Benno, > > > > Have you considered using the CDATA marker? > > > > - Joe > > Until you mentioned it, I had never heard of it. > > 1) can I always use it, or does it have to be declared in the DTD? > 2) why didn't you post the suggestion to THREDDS -- I suspect I am not the > only one unaware. > > Benno > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 12:53, Martin Benno Blumenthal wrote: > > > I mention this only because it is an issue that should be addressed: > > > personally it seems more of a pain than anything else. > > > > > > Text that I use to construct the contents of the documentation tag > > > > > > <documentation> > > > This is the text I mean > > > </documentation> > > > > > > > > > occasionally has embedded html in it, mostly the <b></b> and <i></i> > > > needed to do paper references. These tags are technically illegal in > > > our xml document, so I am supposed to change the < and > to an entity > > > and then it will parse. That, however, changes the meaning of the > > > string, i.e. HTML no longer thinks they are tags, either. I could take > > > the tags out, but then I lose meaning, albeit not a lot. > > > > > > So could we allow some formatting in the documentation? Alternatively, > > > can we allow meaningless tags as far as XML is concerned? > > > > > > > > > Benno > > > > > > > > -- > > Joe Wielgosz / address@hidden > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) > > Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES) > > http://www.iges.org > > -- > Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal address@hidden > International Research Institute for climate prediction > The Earth Institute at Columbia University > Lamont Campus, Palisades NY 10964-8000 (845) 680-4450 > > -- Joe Wielgosz / address@hidden --------------------------------------------------- Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES) http://www.iges.org