I see that ID is recommended for compatibility to be only used on 
attributes. I understand that if I had a DTD that this is the only place 
an ID value is going to be recognized, but if I'm not concerned about that 
use or situation, can I use ID as the type of an element and have it be 
recognized by XPath and XSLT? Specifically is the id() function supposed 
to find the matching ID in an elements content? In a schema situation, can 
I have an attribute as the IDREF, that references an element of type ID 
and have it valdiate that content as well as make sure there is no 
attribute of type ID with the same value.

Bottomline, can I expect normal ID/IDREF processing with a schema if I use 
an ID or IDREF as element content? Does a schema enforce the rules 
regardless of this compatibility statement?

..dan

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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Henry S. Thompson wrote:

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>> Can I only declare a leaf element of type IDREF or how can I reference an
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> You can have an attribute of type ID or IDREF on any element, simple
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