Re: [XOM-interest] Non NCName IDs

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:59:49PM -0000, Michael Kay wrote:
>> So: it's clear as mud. The processor must "assure that" (assure whom?) the
>> value is an NCName, and it mustn't fail if it isn't.
> 
>   There is no fatal error in xml:id, a fatal error would mean stopping 
> any processing of the XML resource. Failure can only result in reporting
> the error and not registering the ID.
> 

Even so the test suite suggests the ID should be registered. That still 
feels like a mistake.


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