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| From | richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.text.xml |
| Subject | Re: > or > |
| Date | 2017-01-30 21:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh |
| Message-ID | <o6o9u2$2cid$1@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <20170130213323.44a3c525@arcor.com> |
In article <20170130213323.44a3c525@arcor.com>, Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> wrote: >Hi there, >Let us assume I have the following document t.xml > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> ><entry> > bla --> more bla ></entry> > > >Running xmllint t.xml gives a "corrected' output with >. instead of >>. > >However, xmllint doesn't return a non zero return code which means >(if I understand xmllint correctly) that from xmllint's point of view >the document is well formed. > >Question: Is the above document really well formed? Or is it required >to have > instead of '>'? It's well formed. There is one circumstance in which you must use > (or a character reference) instead of >, and that's when it's part of the sequence ]]> and that sequence is not marking the end of a CDATA section. You're unlikely to run into this in real life, but many programs always output > anyway. -- Richard
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> or > Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> - 2017-01-30 21:33 +0100
Re: > or > richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-01-30 21:07 +0000
Re: > or > Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> - 2017-01-31 17:41 +0100
Re: > or > Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> - 2017-02-05 15:02 +0000
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