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Make it possible to replace pieces of the base content model without repeating the rest. May need to use a path language like SCD to specify which pieces to replace. See bug 3836, the first suggestion.
During today's call, the Working Group decided against taking action on this issue, and to close it with the disposition WONTFIX. That means that we do not expect any change in the 1.1 spec to address the concern raised here. (In view of the tight time frame, this decision may be reopened and revisited on next week's call.) Accordingly, I'm marking this issue as resolved. Sandy, as the originator of this issue, you can signal your agreement with (or at least: acquiescence in) this decision by marking the issue CLOSED, or you can indicate your dissatisfaction with the decision by changing the status to REOPENED. If we don't hear from you in a couple of weeks, we'll assume you acquiesce and the issue will be marked CLOSED.