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Re: ANN: a simple XML well-formedness checker

• From: Liam Quin <liam@w...>
• To: Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@g...>
• Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:00:25 -0500

On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 06:44:18PM +0530, Mukul Gandhi wrote:
> Hello,
>   I have developed a simple XML well-formedness checker. It's
> available at: http://gandhimukul.tripod.com/java.htm#well-formdness

Why?

There are lots of XML parsers out there.  So, of course it's fine
that you write another, but it needs to have a reason to survive
in the wild :-)

Yours (as you note) doesn't cope with comments, entities, and more;
I worry that people will think they have well-formed XML based on
this when in fact they don't.

On the other hand, every great building was for a while unfinished :-)

Liam

-- 
Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
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  • ANN: a simple XML well-formedness checker
    • From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@g...>