- From: Ray Whitmer <rayw@netscape.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:14:17 -0800
- To: Martijn Pieters <mj@digicool.com>
- CC: www-dom@w3.org
The specification could do with a clarification, especially if existing implementations could agree. I believe that some implementations may be using processing instructions named "xml" to represent XML declarations and text declarations that look just like a PI using the reserved xml name. Others clearly do not. Ray Whitmer rayw@netscape.com Martijn Pieters wrote: > The XML spec states that PI targets should be valid XML Names, but never > 'xml' in any case combination. > > Should createProcessingInstruction raise INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR when called > with a 'xml' target? Or doesn't the DOM API enforce this rule? > > Maybe this should be clarified in the spec, it could do with an explicit > statement. >
Received on Thursday, 1 February 2001 13:03:02 UTC