What parser do we use in VDK to validate XML formatted documents?
We don’t validate the XML document. The parser Verity uses is called expat. It is not a validating parser, but it does check for well-formed XML. If the document is not well-formed XML, it will be skipped during indexing. The following URL is the link for the FAQ on expat: http://www.jclark.com/xml/expatfaq.html You cannot get expat to recover from errors. Errors related to poorly formed XML stop processing. Note that the XML Recommendation does not permit conforming XML processors to continue normal processing after a fatal error. Here is a URL you can use to check web-based XML for well-formed XML: http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1092 Click on the check box that says “Use the blox parser, based on `expat’.
