<div dir="ltr">It's my mistake. The XML parser I sent is w3schools and not the W3C. The W3C parser at <a href="http://validator.w3.org">http://validator.w3.org</a> too parses the same XML I sent and return below status.<div><br></div><div><h2 class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0.2em 0px;border:0px black;font-weight:500;font-size:1.3em;font-family:'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:white;line-height:1;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(85,176,90)">This document was successfully checked as well-formed XML!</h2><div><br></div><div>- Eranga</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Loïc Hoguin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:essen@ninenines.eu" target="_blank">essen@ninenines.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It is *not* the W3C validator. The W3C validator is at <a href="http://validator.w3.org/" target="_blank">http://validator.w3.org/</a><span class=""><br>
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On 09/16/2014 11:53 AM, Eduardo Gurgel wrote:<br>
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That's w3schools. Is it "the W3C" validator?<br>
<br>
On 16 September 2014 21:27, Eranga Udesh <<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
What do you mean? I use the online validator at<br>
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp" target="_blank">http://www.w3schools.com/xml/<u></u>xml_validator.asp</a><br>
<br>
- Eranga<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Anthony Ramine <<a href="mailto:n.oxyde@gmail.com" target="_blank">n.oxyde@gmail.com</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:n.oxyde@gmail.com" target="_blank">n.oxyde@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
How did you feed XML to the W3C validator given that you can't<br>
limit it to XML analysis?<br>
<br>
Le 15 sept. 2014 à 13:22, Eranga Udesh <<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a><br></span>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a>>> a écrit :<span class=""><br>
<br>
> Hi Motiejus,<br>
><br>
> It is not just W3C parser, but it seems PHP/Java XML<br>
parser(s) too support attributes without spaces.<br>
><br>
> For one of our projects in Erlang, we had to customize xmerl,<br>
because their existing XML parsers are supporting the XML syntax<br>
without whitespaces in attributes. When validated the same XML<br>
in W3C, no errors shown, so being a new solution, we had to<br>
comply to their existing XML syntax.<br>
><br>
> - Eranga<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Motiejus Jakštys<br></span><span class="">
<<a href="mailto:desired.mta@gmail.com" target="_blank">desired.mta@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:desired.mta@gmail.com" target="_blank">desired.mta@gmail.com</a>><u></u>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Eranga Udesh<br></span><div><div class="h5">
<<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:eranga.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">eranga.erl@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi,<br>
> ><br>
> > However W3C<br>
(<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp" target="_blank">http://www.w3schools.com/xml/<u></u>xml_validator.asp</a>) validates above<br>
> > XLM without any errors. Therefore I guess xmerl better<br>
support that.<br>
><br>
> Hi, Udesh,<br>
><br>
> according to XML 1-1 specification[1], your example does not<br>
adhere to<br>
> the grammar. Relevant grammar sections:<br>
><br>
> [3] S ::= (#x20 | #x9 | #xD | #xA)+<br>
> [40] STag ::= '<' Name (S Attribute)* S? '>'<br>
> [41] Attribute ::= Name Eq AttValue<br>
><br>
> Important bit: (S Attribute)*. As you can see, Attribute can<br>
never<br>
> follow Attribute without a whitespace between them.<br>
><br>
> > Attached is a patch to fix that. It could help others too,<br>
if that patch is<br>
> > added to the xmerl package distributed in OTP distribution.<br>
><br>
> Maybe that W3C parser supports non-spaced attributes is<br>
coincidental?<br>
> Or maybe I am looking at the wrong grammar?<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Motiejus Jakštys<br>
><br>
> [1]: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#sec-starttags" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#<u></u>sec-starttags</a><br>
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