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List:       kc-kde
Subject:    Re: [kc-kde] xml format update
From:       Juergen Appel <predator1710 () gmx ! de>
Date:       2002-05-30 19:15:14
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Am Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2002 13:36 schrieb Juergen Appel:
> Hi,
>
> Zack Brown informs us about 2 little changes in the XML format:
>
> #1
> <quote>
> We no longer use the "topic###" attribute in <section> tags. I was told
> it's bad XML because it can't be expressed in a DTD. So those have been
> given their own tags, which appear first in each <section>. So for
> instance, If you used to have:
>
> <section>
>   title="mystory"
>   subject="a story of one"
>   author="Zack Brown"
>   email="zbrown@tumblerings.org"
>   topic1="Stories"
>   topic2="Me"
>   posts="3"
>   startdate="Mon May 27 22:15:26 JST 2002"
>   enddate="Mon May 27 06:15:58 PDT 2002"
>
>
> you would now write that like this:
>
> <section>
>   title="mystory"
>   subject="a story of one"
>   author="Zack Brown"
>   email="zbrown@tumblerings.org"
>   posts="3"
>   startdate="Mon May 27 22:15:26 JST 2002"
>   enddate="Mon May 27 06:15:58 PDT 2002"
>
> <topic>Stories</topic>
> <topic>Me</topic>
> </quote>
>
> change #2
> <quote>
> The other big change is a little more subtle. In the old days I used a
> home-grown XML parser that could deal with the home-grown XML that we
> had. At the time, this was easier than modifying all the old issues by
> hand to use compliant XML. But recently, we finally completed the
> arduous task of bringing all the XML into compliance, and switching over
> to standard XML processing tools.
>
> This has a few big benefits, and one possible drawback, which is that
> all issues must now be done in fully compliant XML. So before sending an
> issue my way, you should run it through 'xmllint' to make sure it's
> clean. That program should also work on individual <section> tags
> </quote>
>
> please welcome these new rules,  d/l xmllint here:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/justin.fletcher/XML/
> so you can check your own html syntax before commiting it to cvs.

*xml syntax, of cuz

>
> thank you,
>
> Juergen.
>
>
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