Re: [Saxdotnet-devel] Discussion status

[Karl W. <ka...@wa...>]

Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Karl Waclawek wrote:
> 
> 
>> - Should GetType() potentially differentiate between "NMTOKEN"
>>   and and enumeration? Choices: return "ENUMERATION" or the
>>   actual list of values.
> 
> 
> 
> One more note on this: The XML Infoset spec states:
> 
> # [attribute type] An indication of the type declared for this attribute 
> in the DTD. Legitimate values are ID, IDREF, IDREFS, ENTITY, ENTITIES, 
> NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, NOTATION, CDATA, and ENUMERATION. If there is no 
> declaration for the attribute, this property has no value. If no 
> declaration has been read, but the [all declarations processed] property 
> of the document information item is false (so there may be an unread 
> declaration), then the value of this property is unknown. Applications 
> should treat no value and unknown as equivalent to a value of CDATA. The 
> value of this property is not affected by the validity of the attribute 
> value.
> 
> So it does distinguish between ENUMERATION and NMTOKEN.

Now I remember. Goin back to my source in SAXExpat, there is actually a
comment about the Infoset, and that is why SAXExpat returns "NUMERATION".
So, my suggestion is: "ENUMERATION", to bein line with the Infoset.

> 
> 
>> Question: What is GetType() actually useful for?
> 

Thanks for the clarification.


One administrative question:

I don't seem to get list mesages anymore, except when cc'ed to me.
Are you experiencing the same? Did you get the "IsStandlone feature"
related nessage?

Karl