[Bug 2469] [XSLT] Handling of Serialization Errors

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2469

           Summary: [XSLT] Handling of Serialization Errors
           Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
           Version: Candidate Recommendation
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: XSLT 2.0
        AssignedTo: mike@saxonica.com
        ReportedBy: mike@saxonica.com
         QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org


We have a statement in section 2.9 which seems surprising in the light of
recent decisions:

As with other aspects of serialization, the handling of serialization errors
is implementation-defined: see 20 Serialization.

Similarly, section 20 starts out:

Stylesheet authors can use the xsl:output declaration to specify how they
wish result trees to be serialized. If a processor serializes a final result
tree, it *should* do so as specified by these elements; however, it is not
*required* to do so.

(Concerning handling of serialization errors, section 20 passes the buck
back to section 2.9)

We may want to review whether we intended to be a bit more
prescriptive.

Michael Kay
previously raised as
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xsl-wg/2005Oct/0005.html

Received on Friday, 4 November 2005 17:19:05 UTC