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- From: Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>
- To: Rob Lugt <roblugt@elcel.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:18:38 +0100
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 03:00:27PM +0000, Rob Lugt wrote:
> David Lacerte wrote:
> > Hi! I was wondering at what category of grammar the xml's belongs. Does
> it have the properties of a LALR(1) grammar, which is the most probable? I
> need that information in order to do a parser. Thanks!!
[...]
> However, if you are considering using standard parsing tools, I think some
> of the biggest problems you will have are:-
> 1) Determining what is a token. The XML productions go too close to the
> metal to be considered tokens in the normal sense
> 2) Entity replacement - especially parameter entities
> 3) Conditional Sections
Do not forget proper encoding support ! Can be handled as a conversion
layer before tokenization, but the complexity of this operation should
not be forgotten.
Daniel
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