[SOLVED] Is this a valid xml file? Seems a block is not properly terminated.

stf92 · 06-12-2011, 04:46 PM

Kernel 2.6.21.5, slackware 12.0.

Hi:

Would you have a look at the attached file? I have inserted blank lines to separate it into blocks (call them entries if you like) according to my criterium. The "commentaries" are mine. Do not be afraid. They only indicate the beginning of each block and point out the position of the error I think there is in this file.

If you think the this post to be rather theoretical, I depend on the syntactic correction of the text in the file to be able to run certain appl at a mouse click. Any hint will be welcome.

crts · 06-12-2011, 06:05 PM

Hi,

do you mean that 'BLOCK 1'

Code:

#BLOCK 1       
  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/pdf"
                   NC:prettyName="kpdf"
                   NC:path="/usr/bin/kpdf" /> 
#Where is the </RDF:Description> line closing this block?

is missing an end-tag? Because it is not. 'BLOCK 1' is a so called empty-element tag. Notice the bold, red part.
Read more about the XML format:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML

stf92 · 06-12-2011, 06:26 PM

Thanks crts, for having explained the point to me. And thanks for the link. I suppose you would not tell me the origin of your pseudonym, would you?

crts · 06-12-2011, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

Thanks crts, for having explained the point to me. And thanks for the link.

You're welcome.

Quote:

I suppose you would not tell me the origin of your pseudonym, would you?

Well, I can tell you that it has nothing to with Cathode Ray TubeS - as one member suspected

. It's rather random.

stf92 · 06-12-2011, 07:19 PM

At the present time young people would never make a question like that, as they've probably never seen one of those old artifacts. Yeah, the word CRT brings echoes of a past era, that of the pioneers.