> > I know why its happening but I don't necessarily agree with it. I'm not > sure if its explicitly said in the NS spec, but there are some standard > tests which consider it an error to have the root element be in anything > other than the global namespace if there is a DTD and namespaces are > enabled.
So what would be the identifier in the DTD if it's not the root element? I'm not sure I agree with this either - it is certainly counter-intuitive! > > I personally disagree with this, and haven't implemented this in the C++ > parser yet. Mainly it was due to the fact that I didn't have time to dig > into the reasons behind it and other things were more important. My > personal belief is that all DTD oriented stuff is lexical only, and hence > the matching of the root element to the DOCTYPE element should be lexical > as well. So I guess my question is how do I do what I suggested (have a namespace-enabled document validated by a DTD)? Thanks, Brett > > ---------------------------------------- > Dean Roddey > Software Weenie > IBM Center for Java Technology - Silicon Valley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Brett McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/05/2000 03:12:48 > PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Strange Namespaces bug in SAX > > > > Hey, I am having strange results: > > With this document: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE nxbirpas:validation SYSTEM "validation.DTD"> > > <nxbirpas:validation xmlns:nxbirpas="http://www.nextel.com"; > module="authentication"> > > </nxbirpas:validation> > > > Using SAX 2.0's XMLReader interface, and an instance of > org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser, everything works fine with validation > turned on (as a feature) and namespaces turned off. > > However, as soon as I turn on namespaces in the parser, I get an error > about: > > Document root element "nxbirpas:validation", must match DOCTYPE root > "nxbirpas:validation". > > But they do match? > > Any help, anyone? > > Thanks. > > > ----- > Brett McLaughlin > Metro Information Systems > Work: (972) 724-3161 > Mobile: (817) 825-7187 > > > > >
