- From: Taba Miklos <miklos.taba@innovativeideasoy.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:43:20 +0300
- To: xml-editor@w3.org, "xml-dev@xml.org" <xml-dev@xml.org>
John Cowan wrote:
>
> The XML Core WG would like input from the xml-dev public, particularly
> those of you who have implemented XML parsers, on the following points:
>
> Issue PE28:
>
> Currently the XML Recommendation is silent about the handling of
> documents that contain "impossible" bytes. For example, the byte 0xFF
> cannot appear in any UTF-8 encoded document. We are considering making
> such violations of the encoding a fatal error.
>
...
That sounds very good.
Supposing the two possibiliy:
1. "impossible" bytes are fatal error
- A severe application is glad, easy implementation is possible.
- A relaxed application has some overhead to prepare the input
for a strict parser.
2. "impossible"bytes are swallowed
- A severe application has difficulties to preprocess
the input source, if it can at all.
- A relaxed application is satisfied.
I think the XML Core WG should support rather the strict
applications. Also, imho, any relaxed rule can
cause great interoperability problems.
BR
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miklos.taba@innovativeideasoy.com
Innovative Ideas Oy, Helsinki
Received on Thursday, 25 May 2000 05:13:07 UTC