Re: [xml] xmllint and namespaces

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 02:00:57PM +0200, Stefan Kost wrote:
> Hi hi,
> 
> I am sure this has been aksed bevor but wasn't succesful in the mail-archive.
> I've just tried to use
> 
> xmllint --noout --valid test.xml
> 
> on test.xml :
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <!DOCTYPE giml SYSTEM "/opt/gitk/share/gitk/giml.dtd">
> <giml:giml xmlns:giml="http://gitk.sourceforge.net/";>
>    <giml:context/>
> </giml:giml>
> 
> a fragment of the dtd :
> 
> <!ELEMENT giml (context+)>
> <!ELEMENT context (#PCDATA)>
> 
> and get the following output:
> 
> test.xml:6: validity error: Element giml content doesn't follow the DTD
> Expecting (context)+, got (giml:context )
> </giml:giml>
> 
> this looks to me as libxml2 would like me to put the name space into the dtd, 
> which I don't belive is the right thing to do.

  Well it is ... 
  Validation happens before namespace recognition.
You must use the QName in the DTD as seens in the instance:

<!DOCTYPE giml:giml SYSTEM "/opt/gitk/share/gitk/giml.dtd">
<giml:giml xmlns:giml="http://gitk.sourceforge.net/";>
    <giml:context/>
</giml:giml>

and 

<!ELEMENT giml:glim (glim:context+)>
<!ELEMENT giml:context (#PCDATA)>

and don't forgot to add xmlns:giml as part of 
<!ATTLIST giml:glim

Or use the default namespace 
   <giml xmlns="http://gitk.sourceforge.net/";>
      <context/>
   </giml>

and keep your DTD as-is

  And please make sure you use the latests versions of libxml2

Daniel

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