The following table lists specific problems and conditions that should be detected and handled.
File |
Condition |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
PR_UTF-8.xml |
Valid |
Valid file with UTF-8 encoding |
PR_UTF-8-BOM.xml |
Valid |
Valid file with UTF-8 encoding with Byte Order Mark |
PR_UTF-16.xml |
Valid |
Valid file with UTF-16 encoding |
|
Invalid encoding |
The document encoded in something besides UTF-8 or UTF-16 |
|
Missing preamble |
|
|
Invalid preamble |
|
|
Encoding attribute invalid |
The encoding attribute in the preamble something besides UTF-8 or UTF-16 |
|
Encoding attribute inconsistent |
The encoding attribute in the preamble valid, but not the same as the actual document encoding |
|
Missing close tag |
|
|
Missing / on close tag |
|
|
Missing closing > on tag |
|
|
Missing closing > on close tag |
|
|
Misspelled tag |
|
|
Misspelled close tag |
|
|
Misspelled tag and close tag |
|
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Missing required element |
|
|
Unknown element |
|
|
Required element with no data |
as <tag></tag> |
|
Required element with no data |
as <tag/> |
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Optional element with no data |
as <tag></tag> |
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Optional element with no data |
as <tag/> |
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Invalid data type for element |
Non-numeric data for an element specified as numeric in the XML Schema or non-date data in an element specified as date |
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Invalid data value for element |
illogical data, such as 00 for gear code |