Re: XML 1.0 / XML Namespaces and ALM

FYI: XML 1.0 fifth edition is still not supported by many implementations,
including Xerces-J and MSXML.

Regard,
Makoto

2026年8月7日(金) 23:20 Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>:

> Addison Phillips writes:
>
> > Some time ago (TPAC 2024??), I was tasked with reporting a gap in XML
> > 1.0 5e and Namespaces in XML 1.0 3e.
> >
> > The issue is documented here:
> > https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues/1903
> >
> > The problem is that Unicode assigned a new bidirectional formatting
> > character, U+061C ARABIC LETTER MARK, in 2013. This potentially affects
> > the grammar of NameStartChar or at least merits an errata mention.
>
> Thanks to you for picking this up, and to Philippe for getting the
> mechanisms refreshed.
>
> I'm certainly available to draft an erratum, but will wait for
> Philippe to suggest what process we should use to get review/approval
> and to publish.
>
> ht
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