[x3d-public] MFString quotes

[Don Brutzman]

Short summary:

a. The abstract specification is unambiguous.
b. Different file and language encodings have similar yet different rules about escaping quotes.
c. We have no control over external equivalences, since user agents decide independently (e.g. " and ")
d. Round-tripping is difficult/tedious but possible in every case.  Repeatable code blocks can help.

I think one relaxation might be possible where an unquoted MFString value might be treated as a single SFString value in the array.

More scrutiny and simplification is always welcome but I think we will land back on these points.

all the best, Don
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