Re: [xml-dev] Handling of PIs (was RE: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name...)

--- Elliotte Harold <> wrote:

> Tatu Saloranta wrote:
> 
...
> > for comments was more optional), and at least
> > regarding parsers, they must be passed to handling
> > app/tool.
> 
> XML doesn't really define a processing model. This
> is arguably a flaw in 
> the spec. What must be passed is pretty haphazard.

Quite... but I thought that following (XML 1.0 specs,
2.6) was quite clear on this:

"PIs are not part of the document's character data,
but MUST be passed through to the application."

And this is quite different from what is said about,
say, comments:

"They are not part of the document's character data;
an XML processor MAY, but need not, make it possible
for an application to retrieve the text of comments."

Now, I do understand that just saying something should
(or MUST) be provided does not prescribe exact
mechanism... but a general-purpose API to an xml
processing tool that lacks such facility does seem
against the spirit of the specs, no?

> For instance, XML 
> processors must provide default attribute values
> when no specified 
> attribute is present. However there's no rule that
> says they have to 
> provide specified attribute values.

:-)

-+ Tatu +-


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