- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:00:48 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Norman Walsh <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>
- Cc: public-xml-id@w3.org
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Norman Walsh wrote: > | > | Should the spec say that xml:id errors MAY simply be ignored? In > | effect, what's the point of the error checking? The following > | document: > | > | <test xml:id="!%&(@!"/> > | > | ...is well-formed, and MUST result in a document representation where > | the element has the ID "!%&(@!", despite it being technically in > | xml:id error. > > I'm reluctant to allow general purpose xml:id processors, like my own > SAX filter, to always ignore all errors and claim to be conformant. Fair enough. I retract my comment. I agree with this resolution. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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