Attribute-Value Normalisation

[James Tauber]

> <!ATTLIST   MYDOC   file   CDATA   #IMPLIED >
[...]
> <MYDOC file="c:\temp\hello.txt"/>
>
> Will this attribute be normalised if it contains any whitespace?

If it is declared CDATA, the only whitespace normalization is that
carriage-returns, line-feeds and tabs are normalized to spaces (with a CR+LF
being normalized to only a single space)

Only if it were *not* CDATA would multiple spaces be normalized to one.

[...]
> Essentially my question is, if I have a valid filename (on Windows or Mac)
that
> I use as an attribute value in XML can I be sure the parser will pass this
on
> unchanged?

As long as the filename didn't contain a < or & that you include literally.

James
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