- From: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:41:46 +0000
- To: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, public-ixml@w3.org
On Wednesday 29 November 2023 14:21:07 (+01:00), Steven Pemberton wrote:
>
>
> > This is to propose a simple fix: continue to allow . to occur in names,
> > but forbid it to appear at the end of a name. Since no one on the call
> > remembered ever seeing an XML name with a final full stop outside of a
> > test suite, this did not seem likely to be a painful restriction.
>
> I'm all for the change.
>
> > or alternatively:
> >
> > @name: namestart, (namefollower ** '.').
> > -namestart: ["_"; L].
> > -namefollower: namestart; ["-·‿⁀"; Nd; Mn].
>
> this one since it is more idiomatic ixml, though without the ( ).
On reflection, I assume that n...n is also a valid name.
How about
name: namestart, namefollower*, ("."+, namefollower+)*.
-namestart: ["_"; L].
-namefollower: namestart; ["-·‿⁀"; Nd; Mn].
Tests
name
name.name
name...name
name.n
name...n
n.name
n...name
n.n
n...n
Negative tests
.name
name.
...name
name...
n.
.n
n...
...n
Steven
Received on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 15:41:56 UTC