... Excellent. I think this is the first tool in ECMAScript reported on this list. ECMAScript is likely to play an important role in XML, since it is ...
Peter Murray-Rust
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Jan 1, 1998 7:32 pm
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Alexander Hinds writes: [on xml:space] ... I have not used msxml recently, so I do not know what it does, but the PR is very clear that the 'xml:space'...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 1, 1998 4:43 pm
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Whitespace has been (and I suspect will continue to be) a frequent topic on XML-DEV :-) It can be a confusing topic and long-term members of XML-DEV are...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 1, 1998 11:45 pm
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... What the PR means to say here is that a DTD-driven XML parser has to treat whitespace in element content differently than whitespace in mixed content --...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 1, 1998 5:57 pm
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[I think this discussion is another good reason why SAX is urgently needed] ... I would agree with this interpretation and prefer the phrase "DTD-driven XML...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 2, 1998 2:07 am
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It is probably way to late to do anything about it but the word "valid" bugs me in XML. Principally because of what happens when you invert it. A synonym for...
Sean Mc Grath
digitome@...
Jan 2, 1998 4:12 am
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... David- Thanks. Oddly enough, though according to MS' docs: -- Section 2.10 says that xml-space can be specified on any element controlling whether white...
Alexander Hinds
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Jan 1, 1998 9:18 pm
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... An SGML parser can be "validating" or "non-validating" -- non-validating parsers are not required to report any errors, but they must still read the DATA...
David Megginson
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Jan 2, 1998 1:13 am
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At 13:18 01/01/98 -0800, Alexander Hinds wrote: [...] ... This is a grey area, and one where I feel the spec gives little guidance. The spec requires a...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 2, 1998 7:14 am
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I'm very new to XML. I'm interested in writing a little mark-up language for DB-aware Web pages (I know, D-minus for originality). I'd be doing the processing...
Chris Lalos
chris@...
Jan 3, 1998 12:09 am
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... I would like to avoid making any assumptions about what sort of parser is underneath. Ælfred, for example, does not validate, but it does read the...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 2, 1998 11:42 pm
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did anyone consider using "verifying" to describe the behaviour of a processor which determines conformance to a dtd? it more accurately describes a process...
james anderson
mecom-gmbh@...
Jan 2, 1998 9:20 pm
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Hi, What is the difference between : NEXT and FSIBLING PREVIOUS and PSIBLING Pat. xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@... ...
Patrice Bonhomme
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Jan 3, 1998 1:21 am
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... Hi-- We're working on improving the explanations of these keywords; expect to see new drafts of XLL soon. In the meantime... FOLLOWING/PRECEDING (not...
Eve L. Maler
elm@...
Jan 2, 1998 8:03 pm
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... NEXT and PREVIOUS were keywords which became obsolete in the revision of 970731, and were effectively replaced by FSIBLING and PSIBLING. I *hope* I'm right...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 3, 1998 1:59 am
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Ok, sorry it took so long to respond. There are a number of problems I see in your example: 1) The xml-space values are now lowercase, so you should have: ...
Chris Lovett
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Jan 2, 1998 6:12 pm
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... SAX must pass all whitespace in the document, without exception, through to the application. This is the only remotely conformant behavior. The...
Tim Bray
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Jan 2, 1998 6:14 pm
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Is this document VALID xml? <?XML version = "1.0"?> !DOCTYPE foo [ !ELEMENT foo (bar+)> ]> <foo> <bar/> </foo> There is a validity constraint in section 3.2 to...
Sean Mc Grath
digitome@...
Jan 3, 1998 3:40 am
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Is this document VALID xml? <?XML version = "1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE foo [ <!ELEMENT foo (bar+)> ]> <foo> <bar/> </foo> There is a validity constraint in section 3.2...
Sean Mc Grath
digitome@...
Jan 3, 1998 3:42 am
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[Sean McGrath] ... Opinions, nothing. Fact: PR-xml-971208 has, after production [46], "VC: Element Valid. An element is valid if there is a declaration ...
Chris Maden
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Jan 2, 1998 10:52 pm
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... Lark, BTW, does *not* catch ignorable white space unless it is validating. Since it is perfectly OK to build SAX with such a processor, *if* we want to...
Tim Bray
tbray@...
Jan 3, 1998 1:35 am
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... Thank you for the reply, Tim. I would like to make certain, however, that I understand the behaviour that you're recommending. If a DTD-driven parser...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 3, 1998 5:43 am
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I just finished updating the parser to fix a few bugs and add some more features. It now parses CDATA, PI's, and Comments. As suggested, I'll be reading the...
Jeremie Miller
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Jan 3, 1998 5:18 am
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... [...] ... I strongly support the word 'simple'. I also re-emphasise the importance of SAX. I have now created a (rather ad hoc) installation of three...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 3, 1998 6:31 pm
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... If you're discussing the parser class, then it is free to implement any functionality beyond the interface; if you are discussing the application...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 3, 1998 3:33 pm
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We have had an interesting discussion about SAX ("simple API for XML"? I cannot remember) the past few weeks, and now it's time to get specific. I will be...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 3, 1998 3:51 pm
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... [...] ... I assume this is what AElfred does at present - if so, I'm very happy with it. The way I have written things is that the Parser (AElfred) makes...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 3, 1998 11:23 pm
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... David - this is brilliant. It is exactly the way that the XML-WG/SIG works - and that works very well. For the benefit of those who haven't read the ...
Peter Murray-Rust
peter@...
Jan 4, 1998 12:02 am
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[SAX is a proposal for a simple, event-based XML API, using callbacks. This is one in a series of ten design questions that we need to answer to implement the...
David Megginson
ak117@...
Jan 3, 1998 6:04 pm
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[SAX is a proposal for a simple, event-based XML API, using callbacks. This is one in a series of ten design questions that we need to answer to implement the...