Re: Another issue

Joseph Kesselman wrote:
> 
> Re INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Good catch. I believe I raised that question back
> in the DOM 1 days and was told our intent was that this exception could and
> should be raised if the Attr node was already in use _anywhere_, including
> on the Element where you intended to set it. But I agree that the wording
> you've quoted doesn't mandate that and needs to be clarified one way or the
> other.

Note that changing the wording would mean making an uncompatible change with
current DOM Level 1 implementations. Xerces-J may have the wrong behavior, this
doesn't mean all DOM Level 1 implementations are also doing the same.

Philippe