RE: DCD and Global attributes.

Charles Frankston (cfranks@microsoft.com)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:44:10 -0700

I think this is better handled by the use of inheritance. I.e. you create a
base element that has all the attributes you wish to be "universal", and
derive all you elements from this base. This re-uses a mechanism we want
anyway, and allows finer grain control than universal vs. one-at-a-time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Boumphrey [mailto:bckman@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 9:09 AM
> To: Charles Frankston
> Cc: xml mailing list
> Subject: DCD and Global attributes.
>
>
> It struck me that it may be preferable to default every thing
> to the global
> attributes, and provide a means of exempting elements that we
> do not wish
> them to apply to.
>