8 SGML Declaration (Clause 13)

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• 13.1 defines the document character set clause of the SGML declaration. Should XML require a specific character set, define a number of recommended sets with public identifiers, use a modified method of declaration, or retain the standard form?
  
  [Sic Bas, LA, Min, SO, TEI; om. SL; mod. NSGML; sil. MGML, PSGML. NSGML requires all documents to be in one of the character sets defined by ISO 8859 ("one of the ISO-LATIN character sets"). SL requires all documents to be in Unicode (or in ISO 8859-1, the Latin 1 character set).]

  	Disposition	Existing Proposals
  	Keep	Bas, LA, Min, SO, TEI
  	Revise	NSGML
  	Drop	SL
  	Does not apply
  	Don't know	MGML, PSGML

  
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• 13.2 defines the capacity set clause.
  
  [Sic Bas, LA, Min, SO, TEI; mod. MGML, NSGML, SL; sil. PSGML. TEI does not disavow the capacity set, but does everything in its power to persuade users to ignore it in practice. MGML writes a capacity set if required, but does not use one. NSGML and SL both state that the document need obey no specific capacity or quantity limitations.]

  	Disposition	Existing Proposals
  	Keep	Bas, LA, Min, SO, TEI
  	Revise	MGML, NSGML, SL
  	Drop
  	Does not apply
  	Don't know	PSGML

  
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• 13.3 defines the concrete syntax scope clause.
  
  [Sic TEI; dna Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO.]

  	Disposition	Existing Proposals
  	Keep	TEI
  	Revise
  	Drop
  	Does not apply	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO
  	Don't know

  
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• 13.4 defines the concrete syntax clause.
  
  [Sic TEI; dna Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO. NSGML and SL explicitly state that the quantity set specified in a syntax clause is ignored.]

  	Disposition	Existing Proposals
  	Keep	TEI
  	Revise
  	Drop
  	Does not apply	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO
  	Don't know

  
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• 13.5 defines the optional features of SGML:
  • minimize:
    • datatag
      
      [Om. Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep
      	Revise
      	Drop	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI
      	Does not apply
      	Don't know

      
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    • omittag -- has several effects:
      • allows omission of tags when unambiguous
      • affects meaning of empty start-tag
      • allows non-impliable, non-required attribute specifications to be omitted from an instance
      • requires omitted tag minimization to be supplied in element declarations
      
      
      [Sic Bas; om. MGML, Min, SL, SO; mod. LA, PSGML, TEI. LA prohibits empty start-tags despite having omittag yes. PSGML and TEI both allow specifications for non-impliable non-required attributes to be omitted from the instance, despite having omittag no.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep	Bas
      	Revise	LA, PSGML, TEI
      	Drop	MGML, Min, NSGML, SL, SO
      	Does not apply
      	Don't know

      
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    • rank
      
      [Om. Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep
      	Revise
      	Drop	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI
      	Does not apply
      	Don't know

      
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    • shorttag -- has several effects:
      • allows minimized start- and end-tags
      • allows non-impliable, non-required attribute specifications to be omitted from an instance
      • allows attribute name and value indicator to be omitted from start-tags for attributes with a declared value in the form of a name group
      
      
      [Sic Bas, LA; om. Min, NSGML, SO; mod. PSGML, SL, TEI; dna MGML. PSGML and TEI both allow specifications for non-impliable non-required attributes to be omitted from the instance, despite having shorttag no. SL allows the omission of attribute names when they are the same as the value, and allows empty end-tags, but forbids other uses of shorttag. TEI allows omission of attribute name and value indicator, despite having shorttag no.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep	Bas, LA
      	Revise	PSGML, SL, TEI
      	Drop	Min, NSGML, SO
      	Does not apply	MGML
      	Don't know

      
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  • link:
    • simple
    • implicit
    • explicit
    
    
    [Om. Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI.]

    	Disposition	Existing Proposals
    	Keep
    	Revise
    	Drop	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI
    	Does not apply
    	Don't know

    
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  • other:
    • concur
      
      [Sic TEI; om. Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep	TEI
      	Revise
      	Drop	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO
      	Does not apply
      	Don't know

      
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    • subdoc
      
      [Sic TEI; om. Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep	TEI
      	Revise
      	Drop	Bas, LA, MGML, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO
      	Does not apply
      	Don't know

      
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    • formal
      
      [Sic TEI; om. Bas, LA, Min, PSGML, SO; dna NSGML; sil. MGML, SL.]

      	Disposition	Existing Proposals
      	Keep	TEI
      	Revise
      	Drop	Bas, LA, Min, PSGML, SO
      	Does not apply	NSGML
      	Don't know	MGML, SL

      
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• 13.6 defines the application-specific information clause.
  
  [Sic Bas, LA, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI; sil. MGML.]

  	Disposition	Existing Proposals
  	Keep	Bas, LA, Min, NSGML, PSGML, SL, SO, TEI
  	Revise
  	Drop
  	Does not apply
  	Don't know	MGML

  
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