Re: Test query: standalone declaration preventing the reading of external entities? from Rob Lugt on 2002-06-18 (public-xml-testsuite@w3.org from June 2002)

From: Rob Lugt <roblugt@elcel.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:26:02 -0400 (EDT)
To: "Karl Waclawek" <karl@waclawek.net>, <public-xml-testsuite@w3.org>
Message-ID: <0aef01c216b2$c2f08e90$0400a8c0@scott>

Karl Waclawek wrote
> >
> > Since when has a standalone="yes" declaration meant that external
entities
> > *must* not be read?
>
> I am currently dealing with these issues, since I want to fix some
> non-conformance in Expat. The relevant specs are not easy to read, IMO.
>
> But I agree with these test cases - they were previously classified wrong.
> The point is, that even though the entity declarations are read and
therefore
> they do exist, they exist in the wrong spot. In the case of
standalone="yes",
> they must exist in the internal subset *and* they must exist outside of
> a parameter entity.
>

Thanks Karl.  I have re-read the spec and agree with your interpretation.

Regards
Rob Lugt
ElCel Technology

Received on Tuesday, 18 June 2002 17:56:24 UTC