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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My confusion. The previous conversation was about ’-‘. It probably needs to be included in the regexp.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:Leonard.Daly@realism.com">Leonard Daly</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, January 4, 2017 12:36 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [x3d-public] X3D Java SAI. DEFs allowed to contain -?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>John,<br><br>In the XML encoding 4.3.4 (<a href="http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19776-1/V3.3/Part01/concepts.html#DEFAndUSEAttributeSyntax">http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19776-1/V3.3/Part01/concepts.html#DEFAndUSEAttributeSyntax</a>), the first paragraph discusses DEF and USE structures. It states "[t]he same name-construction conventions regarding legal character combinations apply" where DEF is of XML type 'ID' and USE is of XML type 'IDREF'. <br><br>If you trace through the XML definitions for ID, XML (as best as I can tell) allows a dash, except as a first character. I ended up at <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Name">https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Name</a> where the definition of 'Name' is made.<br><br>I am confused about the definition of USE. The 19776-1 document states that it is of type XML IDREF. IDREFs appear to be only usable in Document Type Definition as part of the ATTLIST declaration (see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/">https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/</a> or <a href="http://xmlwriter.net/xml_guide/attlist_declaration.shtml">http://xmlwriter.net/xml_guide/attlist_declaration.shtml</a>). I am not sure if 19776-1 is extending the definition to a new use or it is using the term incorrectly.<br><br>Leonard Daly<br><br><br><br><br>On 1/3/2017 8:48 PM, <a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Are DEFs allowed to contain –‘s? If so, then there’s a problem with the setConcreteDEF method.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>x3d-public mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a></pre><pre><a href="http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org">http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org</a></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>-- <br></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#333366'>Leonard Daly</span></b><span style='color:#333366'><br>3D Systems & Cloud Consultant<br>LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair<br>President, Daly Realism - <i>Creating the Future</i> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>