XML by Example

However, these error messages are incorrect. The real problem is that the

attribute has no closing quote. The correct message should have been

“ expected.

Instead, the parser thinks that the attribute continues until the end of the

line. When it reaches the end of the line, the parser is confused and it

misses the

p closing tag.

As you can see, it’s important to take error messages with a pinch of salt.

XSLT Common Errors

When writing XSLT style sheets, it is very common to forget to close HTML

elements. However, in XML, a P element must have an opening and a clos-

ing tag.

The following line is guaranteed to confuse the parser:

<xsl:template match=”p”> ...