• From: David Brownell <db@E...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:57:33 -0700

Richard Emberson wrote:

> Does the XML processor actually check for this Validity Constraint
> violation before normalization?

It's a validity constraint, so it must check if it's a
validating processor.  The check is simple:  compare values
before and after normalization, and if they differ then the
document was NOT standalone.  (Implies check should be done
AFTER normalization, not before!)

- Dave

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