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CDATA sections not valid in element content

• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• To: David Brownell <david-b@p...>, XML Dev <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:13:01 -0700

At 11:36 AM 6/17/99 -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>> Clause 3.2.1 makes it clear that whitespace in element-content-model
>> elements must match the production S, which a CDATA section does not.
>
>Doesn't make it clear to me!  :-)

This a known erratum in the XML spec. The public errata doc, when it
is updated (Real Soon Now) will say that an empty or space-filled 
CDATA section in an element with an element content declaration is *not*
valid; the justification being that this flies in the face of the
intended use of CDATA sections, per the first paragraph of section 2.7.

 -Tim

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