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In message <33A3808F.2841@a...> "Tikva Schmidt" writes: > I'm a developer at AgentSoft Ltd. We create tools for Web > Automation and are now trying to make our inteligant agents work > with XML. > In trying to create a Dtd parser I came across several unclear things > for example the usage of white spaces in the dtd.It seems like the > grammer has set rules for where space are allowed or needed,and when > they can be replaced by an entity refering to space.I also thought the > dtd was supposed to be easy to parse.I came across something which .........................^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I sympathise with this :-). Parameter Entities (PEs) initially gave parser writers and the ERB/WG a lot of problems. The current rules (I refer to 970331) are simpler than initially, but I must admit that I don't find that particular part of the spec easy to understand. I think it's fair to say that **apart from PEs** the DTD is easy to parse. It may also be that the current rules for PE substitution can be described in a simple way and I just haven't picked this up. I am sure that you will get answers from people more knowledgeable than me, but also remember that a revision of the spec is due on July 1. What is in it is determined by the ERB, but I would be surprised if there were not clarifications relating to PEs :-). P. -- Peter Murray-Rust, domestic net connection Virtual School of Molecular Sciences http://www.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@i...)
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