Rexml error

Ruby
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Any time it parses anything that has “xmlns:xml” defined, it spits out
an error saying you MUST NOT redefine this attribute. However,
according to the XML spec:

The prefix xml is by definition bound to the namespace name
The "xml:" Namespace. It MAY, but need not, be
declared, and MUST NOT be bound to any other namespace name. Other
prefixes MUST NOT be bound to this namespace name, and it MUST NOT be
declared as the default namespace.

In other words, it MAY be defined as
The "xml:" Namespace. REXML doesn’t check to see what
it’s defined as, it just dies anytime it sees it defined.

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On Sep 18, 7:58 am, Eric W. [email protected] wrote:

In other words, it MAY be defined ashttp://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace. REXML doesn’t check to see what
it’s defined as, it just dies anytime it sees it defined.

–
Eric W.

I suggest you report it as a bug. I see a similar one:
http://www.germane-software.com/projects/rexml/ticket/106

  • Mark.

P.S. in the mean time you may want to try libxml-ruby which is pretty
stable these days.

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Mark T. [email protected]
wrote:

I suggest you report it as a bug. I see a similar one:
http://www.germane-software.com/projects/rexml/ticket/106

That ticket is wrong. It’s fine to define it as the default namespace.
I can’t correct anything, because their tracker requires registration.
No thanks.

  • Mark.

P.S. in the mean time you may want to try libxml-ruby which is pretty
stable these days.

I’ll look into it.