Re: [xml-dev] Allowed characters for NCName

From
Andrew Welch <>
To
Desmond Kirrane <>
Date
2007-12-13T11:40:10Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Allowed characters for NCName
On 13/12/2007, Desmond Kirrane <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my xml docs I have an atrribute of type xs:NCName.
>
> When validating the xml against a schema the Turkish lower case i Character:
> ı is not allowed in the attribute.
>
> From the XML Schema recommendation here
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#NCName
> i know that:
>
> NCName          ::=     (Letter | '_') (NCNameChar)*
> NCNameChar     ::=     Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' | CombiningChar |
> Extender
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Is Letter = any letter in the English Alphabet (of any case)?
> 2. What are the CombiningChar(s)?
> 3. What are the Extender(s)?
> 4 Obviously Digit = numbers (0-9).

Just follow the links and it tells you what they are:

http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/#NT-NCName


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