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Re: Which version of Unicode does the XERCES-J XML Schemavalid

• From: Michael Glavassevich <mrglavas@ca.ibm.com>
• To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 23:54:43 -0400

"Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org> wrote on 05/27/2011 10:28:49 AM:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Michael Kay wrote [1]:
>
> > As far as conformant processors are concerned, the [XML Schema] spec offers
> > implementers freedom to choose which version of Unicode they will
> > support.
>
> Which version of Unicode does the latest version of the XERCES-J XML
> Schema validator support?

If you're referring to the character properties supported for regex it's probably Unicode 3.1 (the version of Unicode referred to by the XML Schema 1.0 2nd edition).

The regex code is some of the oldest in Xerces. It's not updated very often.

> /Roger
>
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xmlschema-dev/2011May/0024.html
>
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Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
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  • Which version of Unicode does the XERCES-J XML Schema validatorsupport?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>