• To: "'Rob Lugt'" <roblugt@e...>,"'Larry Fillion'" <larry.fillion@c...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: need a [ in an ATTLIST
• From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:03:59 +0100
• Importance: Normal
• In-reply-to: <00e601c1da5c$237151c0$0400a8c0@scott>
• Reply-to: <michael.h.kay@n...>

>
> > I find it interesting that the default value can have the '['
> >
> > <!ATTLIST myelement myattribute1 (value1|value2) "value[">
> >
>
> As for the parser allowing a default value containing the "["
> - this is a bug.
>

Are you sure?

I read "Validity Constraint: Attribute Value Legal. The declared default
value must meet the lexical constraints of the declared attribute type".

Firstly, this is a VC not a WFC.

Secondly, it's not obvious that the list of enumerated values is a "lexical
constraint", though it would seem reasonable to read it that way.

But in any case, it seems to me that a non-validating parser should allow
<!ATTLIST myelement myattribute1 (value1|value2) "value[">
through, even though it's nonsense.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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