> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Ludwig
> > All you need to know about XML 1.1 in six paragraphs: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#sec-xml11 > > * allow usage of the most weird characters on Earth in element and > attribute names (upgrade to latest Unicode standard version) > * more liberal, open name definition > * IBM mainframe line endings > * control character policy change > * "full normalization" to allow binary comparison of two documents > > Bottom line: don't bother, XML 1.1 is probably irrelevant to you. One > XML expert taught me in his class that XML 1.1 should not be used, and > people shouldn't worry about it. Use XML 1.0 instead. > > As LibXML2 doesn't claim to support XML 1.1, you shouldn't expect it to > do. > > When encountering a 1.1 document, try changing the version number to > 1.0. If it still parses okay using a 1.0-only parser, I'd say it's safe > to assume that the document doesn't use any 1.1 features and hence > should not carry the 1.1 version, but the 1.0 version. > Thanks a lot for the quick intro to XML 1.1, I guess that the originator of the test document just found it nice to use the newest version of the XML spec instead of 1.0 even if the new features are not needed, I will try changing the XML declaration and see if that works fine. Best, Diego -- Diego Santa Cruz, PhD Technology Architect _________________________________ SpinetiX S.A. Rue des Terreaux 17 1003, Lausanne, Switzerland T +41 21 341 15 50 F +41 21 311 19 56 [email protected] http://www.spinetix.com http://www.youtube.com/SpinetiXTeam _________________________________ _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
