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Looks like a bug in RUWF. IE 6.0 flags the error:
A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource
'file:///C:/Documents and Settings/511251/My Documents/TEMP.xml'. Line
2, Position 12
<attribute :test="test"></attribute>
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Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
Jerry Sheehan wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if an xml well-formedness checker needs to check for
> invalid attribute names or not?
>
> From what I have found so far:
> A tag attribute name must begin with a letter (i.e., upper or lower
> case A through Z) and can only consist of letters, digits (i.e., 0
> through 9) and the hyphen, period, colon and underscore characters
> (i.e., "-", ".", ":" and "_" respectively).
>
> However, this simple test at,
> ( http://www.xml.com/pub/a/tools/ruwf/check.html) passes this simple
> xml file
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <attribute :test="test"></attribute>
>
>
> So I guess my question is whether or not a xml editor is required to
> even check this or not? The fact that a colon is the first character
> in the attribute name seems to be illegal.
>
> Thank you very much
>
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