[xsl] Illegal ID values (was: DTD help!)

[Joerg Pietschmann <joerg dot pietschmann at zkb dot ch>]

Mike Kay wrote:
> > XML file
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE test [
> > <!ELEMENT test EMPTY>
> > <!ATTLIST test id ID #REQUIRED>
> > ]>
> > <test id="100"/>
> 
> The rule that an ID value must be an XML Name is a validity error, not a
> well-formedness error. Saxon by default runs with a non-validating parser;
> if you run it with a validating parser, the error will be reported.

Yes. Sorry for being misleading, the point was actaully that the following template
works without any comments from the processor. After all, i supply a formally
illegal value to the function.
> >
> >   <xsl:template match="id('100')">
> >     ok
> >   </xsl:template>

A quick glance at the XPath spec does not reveal any real advice how to
handle this. So there is still the question: is this a bug or a feature?
(I didn't try very hard, so this may be specified somewhere).

I also miss some advice how to handle the case if the ID-attributes matched
are not unique, as they should. Saxon appears to pick the first matching
element from the document, Xalan picks the last.

> > I also noted that Saxon 6.1 does not output the linefeed before
> > the "ok" line (Xalan did).
> 
> That surprises me greatly.

Ooops, probably my fault.
The output from Saxon is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
    ok
  <--------------end (including this line up to the "<")

Xalan outputs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>

    ok
  <--------------end (including this line up to the "<")


The result is not well formed XML (or is it?), therefore it can be
argued whether the processor is allowed to insert a line feed after the
XML declaration on its own, as Xalan apparently does. Is there any
Language Lawyer out there who tells what's Right or Wrong (or whatever)?

Regards
J.Pietschmann

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