Thank you for confirming that. BTW, why would it not be an error if the DTD had been external?
Scott Houck Andy Heninger wrote: > I've confirmed that this is a bug. It's a new one - > I haven't seen it before. > > The error would be correct if there had been an external > DTD but that is not the case here. > > Andy Heninger > IBM XML Technology Group, Cupertino, CA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: "Scott R Houck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Here is a simple XML file that uses a default attribute in the DTD (for > > the iq attribute). When I run it through DOMCount (and my own code > > using the Xerces C++ API), I get a bogus error message about a bad > > standalone declaration, when the problem really is that it's not parsing > > the missing attribute. If I fill in Hillary's IQ, it passes. Is this a > > known issue? I ran the XML through XML Authority, which validated the > > correctness of the DTD. This seems like a pretty basic feature of XML, > > so I was surprised when it failed the Xerces parser. > > > > Scott Houck > > ================================================= > > > > <?xml version='1.0' standalone="yes"?> > > > > <!DOCTYPE phonebook [ > > <!ELEMENT phonebook (person*)> > > <!ELEMENT person (phone, age, weight)> > > <!ATTLIST person name CDATA #REQUIRED> > > <!ATTLIST person iq CDATA "100"> > > <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> > > <!ELEMENT age (#PCDATA)> > > <!ELEMENT weight (#PCDATA)> > > ]> > > > > > > <phonebook> > > > > <person name="Albert Einstein" iq="200"> > > <phone>555-1234</phone> > > <age>120</age> > > <weight>185</weight> > > </person> > > > > <person name="Hillary Clinton"> > > <phone>232-1000</phone> > > <age>49</age> > > <weight>140</weight> > > </person> > > > > <person name="Mick Jagger" iq="140"> > > <phone>555-5555</phone> > > <age>74</age> > > <weight>98</weight> > > </person> > > > > </phonebook> > > > > > >
