Improve default parser/transform i·d’s

[Shushe] / README.markdown

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour
 - **`FINDRULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for source files.
   The default ignores hidden files, those that start with a period or
-    hyphen‐minus, and those which contain a pipe, buck, or colon.
+    hyphen‐minus, and those which contain a pipe, buck, percent, or
+    colon.
 
 - **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default:
@@ -254,8 +255,10 @@ For example, the trivial `text/plain` parser is defined as follows :⁠—
 <transform
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+  xmlns:书社="urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4"
   version="1.0"
 >
+  <书社:id>example:text/plain</书社:id>
   <template match="html:script[@type='text/plain']">
     <html:pre><value-of select="."/></html:pre>
   </template>
@@ -270,8 +273,21 @@ Alternatively, you can set the `@书社:supported-media-types` attribute
   on the root element of the parser to override media type support
   detection.
 
-Parsers can also target specific dialects of X·M·L, in which case they
-  operate on the same basic principles as transforms (described below).
+Even when `@书社:supported-media-types` is set, it is a requirement
+  that each parser transform any `<html:script>` elements with a
+  `@type` which matches their registered types into something else.
+Otherwise the parser will be stuck in an endless loop.
+The result tree of applying the transform to the `<html:script>`
+  element will be reparsed (in case any new `<html:script>` elements
+  were added in its subtree), and a `@书社:parsed-by` attribute will be
+  added to each toplevel element in the result.
+The value of this attribute will be the value of the `<书社:id>`
+  toplevel element in the parser.
+
+It is possible for parsers to support zero plaintext types.
+This is useful when targeting specific dialects of X·M·L; parsers in
+  this sense operate on the same basic principles as transforms
+  (described below).
 The major distinction between X·M·L parsers and transforms is where in
   the process the transformation happens:
 Parsers are applied *prior* to embedding (and can be used to generate