Re: [XOM-interest] Non NCName IDs

Elliotte Harold scripsit:

> Yes, this sort of non-fatal error is an especial pain for XOM because
> it has no non-fatal errors. The only thing it does to report an error
> is throw an exception. There's no ErrorHandler as in SAX, nor does
> XOM have any other means of talking to the end user.

If xml:id errors were marked "fatal", then *every* implementation would
have to treat them as fatal.  However, there is nothing stopping XOM from
(a) treating the errors as fatal in every case, or (b) providing a switch
the user can set to "Ignore xml:id errors" or "Treat xml:id errors as
fatal", or (c) providing a hook such that elements with xml:id errors
are passed to the hook, or ....

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