Re: [xml] enhancement of XML Schema content model error reports

[Kasimier Buchcik <kbuchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 02:10:06PM +0100, Kasimier Buchcik wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > As of xmlschemas.c rev. 1.97 the new xmlregexp.c functions for
> > error analysis are integrated into the error reports.
> >
> > Examples:

[...]

> >  "Expected is one of {http://FOO}*, {urn:foo:bar}*, *."
> >
> > Any comments on the output?
> > I tend to dislike the naked * if using ##local, but
> > won't change it, if it's OK with you.
>
>
>   I would remove the trailing '.' , it's correct from a grammatical
> english point of view but confusing since '*' and '.' have meanings
> for regular expressions. If you want to keep the '.' then we could separate
> it with a space,

Another idea would be to surround the items with brackets:

"Expected is one of ( {http://FOO}*, {urn:foo:bar}*, * )."
This way we could get rid of the "'" around local names if no
namespace is involved:
"Expected is 'foo'." would become: "Expected is ( foo )."

Kasimier