DO NOT REPLY [Bug 14087] New: - in namespace-aware mode, xmlns declarations are to be allowed anywhere, even if the DTD doesn't allow for "equivalent attributes"

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in namespace-aware mode, xmlns declarations are to be allowed anywhere, even if the DTD doesn't allow for "equivalent attributes"

           Summary: in namespace-aware mode, xmlns declarations are to be
                    allowed anywhere, even if the DTD doesn't allow for
                    "equivalent attributes"
           Product: Xerces-C++
           Version: 1.7.0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 9x
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Other
         Component: Validating Parser (DTD)
        AssignedTo: xerces-c-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com


Hi

When in namespace-aware mode, namespace declarations should not be
handled as attributes.

When validating this document:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
  <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/DTD/svg10.dtd" >
  <svg
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <title><!-- title --></title>
    <desc>
      <!-- description -->
    </desc>
    <!-- content -->
  </svg>

this error should not not be flagged:

  Error at file C:\tmp\from_stdin.820197, line 6, char 14
    Message: Attribute 'xmlns:xlink' is not declared for element 'svg'

  Errors occurred, no output available

The xmlns declarations are in the DTD for non-namespace-aware
validators. But namespace-aware validators should allow
xmlns declarations to occur in any form, with any prefix, on any
element, as specified in the Namepsaces in XML spec, and not raise
errors when these aren't allowed as attributes by the DTD, since they
are no attributes.

AFAIK :)

Tobi

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