• To: jc2astro@h... (James Cerra)
• Subject: Re: possible error in XML spec
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:50:41 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <F1051d4vJFRFWMozgYL000066b8@h...> from "James Cerra" at Jul 22, 2002 12:40:56 PM

James Cerra scripsit:

> Shouldn't the following Literal (From: section 2.3, also on page 9 in the 
> PDF):
> 
> [12] PubidLiteral ::= '"' PubidChar* '"' | "'" (PubidChar - "'")* "'"
> 
> actually be:
> 
> [12] PubidLiteral ::= '"' PubidChar* '"' | "'" (PubidChar - "'" + '"')* "'"
> 

No.  If you enclose public ids in single quotes, you cannot use a single-quote
(apostrophe) character in them; if you enclose them in double quotes, you
can.  In no case can you use a double-quote character as part of a
public id.

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