4233 2007-01-16 12:50:15 +0000 ":" in PI target names not a parsing error 2007-01-17 14:32:33 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XML Query Test Suite XML Query Test Suite unspecified PC Windows XP CLOSED INVALID P2 minor --- 1 nick andrew.eisenberg public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 13582 0 nick 2007-01-16 12:50:15 +0000 I think the following test is invalid in expecting a parsing error XPST0003 (:*******************************************************:) (: Test: K2-DirectConOther-22 :) (: Written by: Frans Englich :) (: Date: 2007-01-12T16:19:58+01:00 :) (: Purpose: ':' is not allowed in PI target names. :) (:*******************************************************:) <?invalid:char ?> The BNF states From XQuery: [105] DirPIConstructor ::= "<?" PITarget (S DirPIContents)? "?>" [152] PITarget ::= [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#NT-PITarget] From XML: [17] PITarget ::= Name - (('X' | 'x') ('M' | 'm') ('L' | 'l')) [4] NameChar ::= Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' | ':' | CombiningChar | Extender [5] Name ::= (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)* which I think allows ":" in the name 13587 1 martin 2007-01-16 17:35:55 +0000 You have to look into the Namespaces in XML spec for that, see: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#Conformance 7. Conformance of documents [...] It follows that in a namespace-well-formed document: * No entity names, processing instruction targets, or notation names contain any colons. This spec also defines the NCName EBNF rule that replaces the original Name rule for PI Targets from the XML spec. 13655 2 nick 2007-01-17 11:51:21 +0000 Thanks. Missed that.