> Q: (("text/html" Internet Media Type)) Does text/html forbid including the
> SGML declaration (<!SGML ...>)? I know it forbids including a document
> type declaration subset, but the standard is unclear on whether the
> SGML declaration is allowed.
This should be fixed -- it's not allowed.
> Q: ((Internet Media Types for SGML))
SoftQuad Panorama uses text/x-sgml -- see http://www.sq.com/ for more info.
> Q: ((HTML and Empty P Elements)) What are the semantics of an empty P
> element in HTML? The standard doesn't really seem to deal with this.
If by an empty P you mean
then what do you want the RFC to say?
If you mean the use of <P> without a </P>, a conforming application inserts
the </P> automatically at an appropriate place, as determined by the
SGML OMITTAG rules.
> Q: ((SGML Mixed Content)) I'm not sure if I understand the mixed content
> rules properly. Let me state what I guess the rules are so that you
> can tell me if I got it right or wrong. Here is what I think the rules
> * If a content model contains #PCDATA anywhere, the the entire
> element has "mixed content".
No, only if the element can contain both elements and #PCDATA.
> * If an element does _not_ have mixed content, then a sequence of
> characters between two tags that is solely composed of whitespace
> (SPACE, TAB, RS, RE) is ignored, otherwise the whitespace is
> treated as ordinary data characters and must correspond to an
> occurrence of #PCDATA in the content model.
> Is this right?
Yes. Actually, RS/RE processing is more complex than that; send a message
to email@example.com to get a paper on Record Start and End in SGML if
you are writing software to deal with it.
> Q: ((SGML LITLEN)) Is the SGML limit on attribute value lengths (LITLEN)
> applied to the attribute value after parsing and entity replacement or
dunno. Sorry. My references are in the office and I'm at home, and
it's snowing too much for barefooted Liam :-)
> Q: ((HTML PRE Containing FORM)) RFC 1866 says this:
> For example, a <PRE> element may contain a <FORM> element, ...
> This doesn't make any sense because it contradicts the DTD given in the
> same document. What's the story here?
Probably an error in the DTD.
> Q: ((HTML INPUT and SELECT Attributes)) Why is the SIZE attribute of the
> INPUT element specified to have type CDATA while the SIZE attribute of
> element SELECT is specified to have type NUMBER? Is this to allow
> dimension units to be specified? It doesn't say in the standard.
No answer, sorry.