Re: [xml-dev] 15 elementary truths about XML

Andrew Welch <[email protected]> wrote on 10/31/2011 03:59:38 PM:

> > 6. XML processors always interpret the bytes in XML files as characters.
> >
> > 7. Thus, XML processors interpret XML files as a sequence of characters.
>
> XML parsers right?  The 'processor' is the thing that processes what
> the parser reports...

Terminology: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-xml-proc

The 'processor' is the thing that reads an XML document and makes its content available to an 'application'. An XML parser is an XML processor.

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Michael Glavassevich
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IBM Toronto Lab
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