xml-dev - Re: PCDATA

[Norbert Mikula <nmikula@edu.uni-klu.ac.at>]

On Wed, 7 May 1997, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

> > >How many PCDATA elements would be expected in the file?
> > <?XML VERSION="1.0"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE CML>
> > <CML>
> > <XVAR>
> > This is a variable
> > </XVAR>
> > </CML>

I was running NXP with :

<?XML VERSION="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE CML> 
<CML>
<XVAR>
A variable
</XVAR>
</CML>

and the result was :

<CML>
"
"
<XVAR>
"
A variable
"
</XVAR>
"
"
</CML>

(\n is passed along to the application since the parser 
dosn't know what else to do with it.)

I also used the example with a simple DTD :

<?XML VERSION="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE CML [
<!ELEMENT CML (XVAR)*>
<!ELEMENT XVAR (#PCDATA)>
]>
<CML>
<XVAR>
A variable
</XVAR>
</CML>

and the result was :

<CML>
<XVAR>
"
A variable
"
</XVAR>
</CML>

-> the whitespace inside CML was recognized to be markup
only.

Best regards,
Norbert H. Mikula

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