Re: Whitespace as a constraining facet?

Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au> writes:

> "Henry S. Thompson" wrote:
> 
> > Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au> writes:
> >
> > > The Candidate Recommendation added in a new constraining facet called
> > > whitespace, but it doesn't appear to be a facet that does any
> > > constraining.  I'm not even sure if it is a facet (but I'm not an english
> > > language expert by any means).  The whitespace functionality is a lot more
> > > like a processing instruction than a constraining facet.
> > >
> > > Having it as a facet introduces problems such as when do you apply it?
> >
> > Before validation.
> 
> Does this include the test for empty?  Ie in cvc-elt.3.2 "... the normalized
> value must be either empty or match the string of the {value constraint}"
> So the string "   " with <whitespace value="collapse"/> is valid even if
> fixed="dog"?

This validation rule has been re-written to clarify this among other
things, hope the next draft will help here.

In haste,

ht
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