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   Re: [xml-dev] XML Parser vs. XML Processor?

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Webber, Andrew scripsit:

> Is there anywhere a description of the difference (if any) between an XML
> parser and an XML processor?

There is none.

I don't know why the XML Rec authors chose to use "processor", perhaps because
it does a bit more than parsing properly so called: it normalizes attribute
values and does some global validation (in validating mode).

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