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- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 07:38:50 -0800
At 10:08 AM 12/12/97 -0500, David Megginson wrote:
>Realm #1: Functionality
>
>a) Scanning
> This type of parser simply skips the DOCTYPE declaration (using
> regular expressions) and parses the markup in the document
> instances.
This is not a conformant XML processor per the spec.
There are certain things a processor is required to do with the internal
subset, including parse it and check it for syntax.
>b) DTD-driven
There are a whole range of behaviors. Parsers may, not must, read
external markup declarations and external parsed entities.
>Realm #2: Validation
>
>a) Non-validating
> This type of parser assumes that its input document is both
> well-formed and valid, and is not required to report any errors at
> all.
No such animal is envisioned in the standard. If it doesn't check for
WF problems, it's not an XML processor.
I'll stop here. I suggest you go back and re-work your (potentially helpful)
list based on a re-reading of the specification. -Tim
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