Re: [xml] xmllint simple validation fail

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism maden org>]

Anthony Viallard wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> i have some problems with xmllint. I use it to validate the syntax of
> xml file. But with this xml bellow, which have one error, xmllint say
> "all is ok".
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <rsp stat="ok" version="1.0">
> <lan ip_addr="192.168.9.1"/>" netmask="255.255.255.0" />
> </rsp>

This file has no errors.  It may not be what you want, but it is
perfectly well-formed.

There is no rule in XML against quotation mark or greater-than sign
showing up in character content.

If you want rules that are stricter than well-formedness, you could use
a DTD or schema to say what content model is allowed; that is what they
are for.

~Chris
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