> Anyone have experiences with CDATA ? We're interested in inserting
> non-XML markup and BLOBs into XML files, and the best way seems to be
> CDATA. However, some of the parsers I've been playing around with
> (Microsoft, XMLint) don't support the CDATA element. Is CDATA handling
> required for a validating parser?
I, at least, cannot reproduce your bug -- with MSXML, the following
document parses exactly as expected:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<listing>
<![CDATA[<a></a>]]>
</listing>
That said, CDATA marked sections won't always work for you -- BLOBs
are likely to contain non-SGML characters, and any arbitrary non-XML
markup containing ']]>' will kill the marked section. The best way to
include arbitrary non-XML information in a document is to include it
as an unparsed entity or an HREF link (just as you would include a GIF
in an HTML page).
All the best,
David
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Microstar Software Ltd. dmeggins@microstar.com
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