From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Philippe Verdy scripsit: > > > Generally, XML-based interfaces will perform normalization (NFC or NFD) of > > their input string, but they are not required to do it. However it allows > > the engine to guarantee that its outputs from canonically equivalent strings > > will also be canonically equivalent (because normalizing on input guarantees > > identical output). > > XML parsers MUST NOT normalize on input.
Of course, yes, but XML _processors_ that produce a XML result most often need to do it early to produce coherent results. Examples: DOM, URIs, ECMAScript, XML Security and signature, CSS2, XSLT... You make absolutely nothing with just a XML parser. You will perform some processing with it, and for DOM processing which is most often used on output you have no real choice. You have more freedom however if you use the more complete XML InfoSet...
