Paul Hoffman wrote: > > At 7:37 PM -0400 8/2/05, Robert Sayre wrote: > >> One way of saying this would be "Atom Processors MAY ignore leading >> and trailing whitespace in _____________." > > > That works for me. Another idea is "Atom Processors MAY ignore leading > and/or trailing whitespace in elements whose content does not allow > leading and/or trailing whitespace, such as IRIs and ________."
I don't understand the benefits of MAY. It sounds like this to me: "whitespace is not allowed in certain elements, but you may ignore that directive by trimming the content". cheers Bill