SGML Declaration of HTML 4

Note. The total number of codepoints allowed in the document character set of this SGML declaration includes the first 17 planes of [ISO10646] (17 times 65536). This limitation has been made because this number is limited to a length of 8 digits in the current version of the SGML standard. It does not imply any statement about the feasibility of a long-term restriction of characters in UCS to the first 17 planes. Chances are very high that the limitation to 8 digits in SGML will be removed before, and that this specification will be updated before, the first assignment of a character beyond the first 17 planes.

Note. Strictly speaking, ISO Registration Number 177 refers to the original state of [ISO10646] in 1993. Changes since 1993 have been the addition of characters and a one-time operation reallocating a large number of codepoints for Korean Hangul (Amendment 5). Revisions of the HTML 4 specification may update the reference to ISO 10646 to include additional changes.

20.1 SGML Declaration

<!SGML  "ISO 8879:1986 (WWW)"
    --
         SGML Declaration for HyperText Markup Language version HTML 4
 
         With support for the first 17 planes of ISO 10646 and
         increased limits for tag and literal lengths etc.
    --
 
    CHARSET
          BASESET  "ISO Registration Number 177//CHARSET
                    ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993 UCS-4 with
                    implementation level 3//ESC 2/5 2/15 4/6"
         DESCSET 0       9       UNUSED
                 9       2       9
                 11      2       UNUSED
                 13      1       13
                 14      18      UNUSED
                 32      95      32
                 127     1       UNUSED
                 128     32      UNUSED
                 160     55136   160
                 55296   2048    UNUSED  -- SURROGATES --
                 57344   1056768 57344

CAPACITY        SGMLREF
                TOTALCAP        150000
                GRPCAP          150000
                ENTCAP          150000

SCOPE    DOCUMENT
SYNTAX
         SHUNCHAR CONTROLS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
           17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 127
         BASESET  "ISO 646IRV:1991//CHARSET
                   International Reference Version
                   (IRV)//ESC 2/8 4/2"
         DESCSET  0 128 0

         FUNCTION
                  RE            13
                  RS            10
                  SPACE         32
                  TAB SEPCHAR    9

         NAMING   LCNMSTRT ""
                  UCNMSTRT ""
                  LCNMCHAR ".-_:"    
                  UCNMCHAR ".-_:"
                  NAMECASE GENERAL YES
                           ENTITY  NO
         DELIM    GENERAL  SGMLREF
                  HCRO "&#38;#x" -- 38 is the number for ampersand --
                  SHORTREF SGMLREF
         NAMES    SGMLREF
         QUANTITY SGMLREF
                  ATTCNT   60      -- increased --
                  ATTSPLEN 65536   -- These are the largest values --
                  LITLEN   65536   -- permitted in the declaration --
                  NAMELEN  65536   -- Avoid fixed limits in actual --
                  PILEN    65536   -- implementations of HTML UA's --
                  TAGLVL   100
                  TAGLEN   65536
                  GRPGTCNT 150
                  GRPCNT   64

FEATURES
  MINIMIZE
    DATATAG  NO
    OMITTAG  YES
    RANK     NO
    SHORTTAG YES
  LINK
    SIMPLE   NO
    IMPLICIT NO
    EXPLICIT NO
  OTHER
    CONCUR   NO
    SUBDOC   NO
    FORMAL   YES
  APPINFO NONE
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20 SGML Declaration of HTML 4

20.1 SGML Declaration