Re: Order of #PCDATA in dtd - relevant? or XP bug?

John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:20:52 -0400


Glenn Kronschnabl wrote:

> A simple DTD that causes a syntax error in XP.
> If you run the following dtd thru both jade
> and XP, it runs fine thru jade but XP gives a
> syntax error. The only difference is the order
> of the % inline and #PCDATA.

Jade is a general SGML tool, and doesn't enforce
XML restrictions on content models. XP does.

> So, given this, does imply that the order of #PCDATA
> is relevant or is this a genuine XP bug?

No, it's an XML rule: #PCDATA must be mentioned first,
because the minute a parser sees #PCDATA, it needs to enforce not
the general "element-content" rules but the different
"mixed-content" rules.

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