Groups | Search | Server Info | Login | Register

Groups > comp.text.xml > #880

Re: > or >

Show all headers | View raw

On 01/31/2017 04:41 PM, Manfred Lotz wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:07:14 +0000 (UTC)
> richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:
> 
>> 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 &gt;. 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 &gt; instead of '>'?  
>>
>> It's well formed.
>>
> 
> Thanks. I thought it is but wasn't 100% sure.
> 
>> There is one circumstance in which you must use &gt; (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 &gt; anyway.
>>
> 
> Yes, that's an unlikely case in "normal life".

It's really only a consideration for dweebs like me who actually write
documentation *about* XML, so we have to be able to show stuff verbatim
that would normally be seen as markup to act on :-)

///Peter

Back to comp.text.xml | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar

Thread

> or &gt; Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> - 2017-01-30 21:33 +0100
  Re: > or &gt; richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-01-30 21:07 +0000
    Re: > or &gt; Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> - 2017-01-31 17:41 +0100
      Re: > or &gt; Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> - 2017-02-05 15:02 +0000

csiph-web