Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Fwd: Question about Gobo xml parsing library

[Colin P. A. <co...@co...>]

>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Kogtenkov <kw...@ah...> writes:

    Alexander> My feeling is that the processing expectations depend on
    Alexander> whether the XML parser is validating or not. The rule
    Alexander> that prevents the parser from attribute normalization is

    Alexander>     All attributes for which no declaration has been read
    Alexander> SHOULD be treated by a non-validating processor as if
    Alexander> declared CDATA.

    Alexander> And if attribute declarations are present we have

    Alexander>     If the attribute type is not CDATA, then the XML
    Alexander> processor MUST further [collapse white spaces].

    Alexander> So, a non-validating XML parser should not collapse the
    Alexander> white space characters, while the behaviour of the
    Alexander> validating one depends on the associated attribute
    Alexander> declaration.

And to spell it out, the Gobo XML parser is non-validating.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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