> -----Original Message----- > From: J.Pietschmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: October 6, 2002 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <character> > > > Arved Sandstrom wrote: > > Why is character="-" a parsing error? The XML Recommendation > has at least > > one example of an attribute value that contains a hyphen. > > This comes from assuming that every unqoted sequence of characters which > is not a number, mesutrement or a color has to be interpreted as NCName, > as the grammar suggests, and IIRC a NCName must not start with a hyphen. > This means > hyphenation-char="-" > can't parse as number, can't parse as string, can't parse as color, can't > parse as NCName -> parsing error.
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Hi Joerg Can you cite the specific productions that lead to this conclusion? I am not saying that you are wrong but I can't find it. I must be tired. ;-) I just looked at the XML 1.1 production for AttValue which is AttValue ::= '"' ([^<&"] | Reference)* '"' | "'" ([^<&'] | Reference)* "'" and I see a prohibition here on using a literal '<' or '&' in the attribute value, anywhere. But I see nothing about '-'. If the grammar of the recommendations leads to the conclusion that character="-" is not OK, then this just simply offends my common sense. Arved --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
