- From: Liam Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:17:56 -0500
- To: Chris White <chriswhite@gentoo.org>
- Cc: xml-editor@w3.org
On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 03:35:54AM +0900, Chris White wrote:
> In the XML 1.0 Specification Third Edition, first paragraph of section 2.10,
> the following sentence is used:
>
> 'On the other hand, "significant" white space that should be preserved in the
> delivered version is common, for example in poetry and source code.'
>
> I believe this should be something along the lines of:
>
> 'On the other hand, if it is common for the delivered version to contain
> "significant" white space (poetry or source code for example), then it should
> be preserved'
Chris -- thank you for writing. This is a personal reply and not
one from the XML Core Working Group responsible for publishing
errta in the specification, but I wanted to note that in fact the
sentence is correct as written in my view -- your phrasing changes
the meaning.
Whitespace in the input is preserved by an XML processor by default,
unless it is not "significant". Whether space is significant is
not related to how common it is -- white space is significant in
contexts where #PCDATA may occur, or where there is no DTD content
model to say otherwise. The XML processor MUST preserve such
white space. A more formal rewriting might be (again, this is
my own attempt and not the XML Core Working Group)
On the other hand, many documents do contain "significant"
white space that must be preserved in the delivered version.
Liam
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