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RE: Abbreviated end tags found in a XML file

• From: Andrew Layman <andrewl@m...>
• To: "Xml-Dev (E-mail)" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:26:12 -0700

And while we are at it, can we forbid "COMPSR"? 

:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Simon St.Laurent [SMTP:SimonStL@c...]
> Sent:	Monday, April 20, 1998 12:37 PM
> To:	Bryan Gilbert; Xml-Dev (E-mail)
> Subject:	RE: Abbreviated end tags found in a XML file
> 
> Bryan Gilbert found these:
> 
> <COMPSR_FIRST>Hector</>
> <COMPSR_LAST>Berlioz</>
> <COMPSR_BIRTH>1803</>
> <COMPSR_DEATH>1869</>
> 
> This is definitely _not_ acceptable.  I suspect the option for allowing
> this 
> notation still exists in MSXML, but it isn't XML.
> 
> The complete discussion of the MSXML </> is available at 
> http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/9711/index.html.
> 
> When this topic last arose, Chris Lovett seemed to have promised the end
> of 
> these misformed XML files with:
> 
> >Woops - this as an oversight. Turns out this XML is generated dynamically
> >via JavaScript and I forgot to update this script. This will be fixed
> >tonight.
> 
> There must be a few still floating around.
> 
> Simon St.Laurent
> Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer / Cookies
> 
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