- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:46:17 -0500
- To: public-xml-id@w3.org
While attempting to hook XOM up to the xml:id test suite, I've uncovered a problem. On the one hand, "An xml:id processor must assure that the following constraints hold for all xml:id attributes...An xml:id error occurs for any xml:id attribute that does not satisfy the constraints." On the other hand, "Such errors are not fatal, but must be reported by the xml:id processor to the application invoking it." XOM can check all the constraints. However, it has no concept of a non-fatal error or a warning. For XOM, errors are either fatal or nonexistent. XOM can either report a fatal error on spotting a violation of am xml:id MUST or it can do nothing. Given this constraint, I'm not sure if it's possible for XOM to be conformant to xml:id. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim
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