RE: Invalid character found [dtd]

This is not an XSLT question! (And the error message is from the XML
parser, not from Saxon).

An NMTOKENS value is restricted in the characters allowed. Blame it on
SGML. If you want more flexibility, move to XML Schema.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Mike Ferrando
> Sent: 27 January 2004 17:36
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Invalid character found [dtd]
> 
> 
> Friends,
> I am writing a stylesheet for EAD 2002 XML tag set (into 
> PDF). I am writing it against the DTD. I wanted to make the 
> DTD more exact. The problem I have is that the syntax in the 
> ATTLIST has an illegal character "/". Anyone have any idea 
> how I can change the DTD so that it will accept the "/" 
> character as an attribute value?
> 
> Examples below.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Ferrando
> Washington, DC
> 
> DTD available at:
> http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead2002a.html
> 
> SAXON error text:
>   Invalid character found in ATTLIST enumeration.
>   URL: file:///C:/WORKSHOP/documents/ead_1.dtd
>   Line 02970:     (box-folder | box/folder | reel | mapcase | folder
> | box)
>   Pos  00022: ---------------------^
> 
> ead XML
> <CONTAINER TYPE="box/folder">3/4</CONTAINER>
> 
> ead.dtd (2002)
> <!ELEMENT container
>    (#PCDATA | %m.phrase.basic;)*
>                                                                      
>        >
> <!ATTLIST container
>    %a.common;
>    %am.container.label;
>    %am.container.type;
>    %am.container.encodinganalog;
> 
>    parent
>     IDREFS
>     #IMPLIED
> 
> ead_1.dtd (What I want.)
> <!ELEMENT container
>    (#PCDATA | %m.phrase.basic;)*
>                                                                      
>        >
> <!ATTLIST container
>    %a.common;
>    %am.container.label;
>    %am.container.encodinganalog;
> 
>    type
>     (box-folder | box/folder | reel | mapcase | folder | box)
>     #IMPLIED
> 
>    parent
>     IDREFS
>     #IMPLIED
> 
> 
> 
> 
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