SYMPTOMS
Validating an XML Document with MSXML gives the following error message:
0xC00CE504. A name was started with an invalid character.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE BEHAVIOR
1 - Start XMLBlueprint.
2 - Paste the following code into a new text document, and save the file as wap.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
</html>
3 - Open file wap.xml and validate by clicking XML > Validate. The error message will appear in the Output Window.
CAUSE
DTD http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd
includes http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/DTD/xhtml-framework-1.mod
which includes http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/DTD/xhtml-charent-1.mod
which includes http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/DTD/xhtml-special.ent.
This file contains two errors:
<!ENTITY lt "&<" ><!-- less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum -->
<!ENTITY amp "&&" ><!-- ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum -->
This should have been (no '&' before '#'!):
<!ENTITY lt "&#60;" ><!-- less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum -->
<!ENTITY amp "&#38;" ><!-- ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum -->
The error can be avoided by using
instead of
SOLUTIONTo avoid this error, change file wap.xml to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % xhtml-special PUBLIC "-//W3C//ENTITIES Special for XHTML//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-special.ent">
]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
</html>
