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Re: problem with itemized list in a table
- To: Kristin E Thomas <kristint at us dot ibm dot com>, Bob McIlvride <robert at cogent dot ca>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: problem with itemized list in a table
- From: Egon Willighagen <egonw at subdimension dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:49:10 +0200
- Cc: "docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org" <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>,robert at femail20 dot sdc1 dot sfba dot home dot com
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- Reply-to: egonw at subdimension dot com
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 23:34, Kristin E Thomas wrote:
> Kristin E Thomas wrote:
> > every time I try to validate the
> > document I get the error "character data not allowed here" for the lines
> > with the </itemizedlist> tags. <row>
> >
> >I believe you're running into the "pernicious mixed content" explained
> >in the "entry" reference page of the DocBook Definitive Guide. You have
> >to watch how the line breaks in your source. For example, instead of
> >this:
>
> ...
>
> > </itemizedlist>
> > </entry>
> >
> >try this
> >
> > </itemizedlist></entry>
>
> You were right! I changed the line breaks, and now the file validates. I
> looked at that reference page in the Guide, but I didn't understand it well
> enough to realize that all I needed to do was change the way the lines
> broke. I really appreciate your help!
What kind of parser are you using?
AFAIK, there is just whitespace inbetween those two tags... and that is *not*
character data and is allowed...
The first option is just as *valid* as the second, what the XML specs are
concerned... or am i missing something here?
Egon
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