Multi-valued attributes

[John Cowan]

Ronald Bourret wrote:

> XML supports three types of multi-valued attributes: IDREFS, NMTOKENS, and
> ENTITIES.  Is the order of the values in a multi-valued attribute
> significant?  I can't find anything that says one way or the other in the
> spec.

A fine question.  I think it's application-dependent, so a priori
order counts, and applications can throw it away if they want to.

Can SGML tribal elders report on any actual uses of IDREFS and ENTITIES?

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