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Re: Error and Fatal Error

• From: Manos Batsis <manos_lists@geekologue.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:20:15 +0300

On 07/21/2011 12:47 AM, Michael Kay wrote:

> To repeat what I've said several times on this thread, the job of an XML
> parser is to parse XML. If you want to repair non-XML, look for a tool
> that does that. Googling for "xml repair tool" finds lots of products;
> none of them call themselves XML parsers, because their very strength is
> their ability to handle stuff that isn't XML.

In other words, the job of an XML parser does not include deciding what 
business validation errors or data corruption is (non)fatal, although 
other solution components may appropriate in doing so.

Manos

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