- From: Sandra Martinez <sandra.martinez@nist.gov>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:58:29 -0400
- To: richard@inf.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
- Cc: public-xml-testsuite@w3.org, Sandra Martinez <sandra.martinez@nist.gov>, w3c-xml-core-wg@w3.org
Thank you! I will forward this response. Sandra At 04:18 PM 6/8/2004 +0100, Richard Tobin wrote: > > It looks like Graham is right. The intention of the test was to test > > invalid CDATA syntax and in not really doing that. CDATA is not even > > included a part o the content model description given in the > > specification. Can some address this issue? > >The test is: > > <!DOCTYPE doc [ > <!ELEMENT doc CDATA> > ]> > <doc></doc> > >This was allowed in SGML and declared that the element had CDATA content. >It is a syntax error in XML. > >Don't confuse it with > > <!ELEMENT doc (CDATA)> > >which would declare doc to contain an element called "CDATA". > >There is nothing wrong with the test, though the description doesn't >explain the motivation to people who don't remember SGML. > >-- Richard Sandra I. Martinez National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8970, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899 (301) 975-3579 sandra.martinez@nist.gov
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