[xml/sgml-pkgs] xmllint validation disliking iso_639 three letter codes in xs:language

[Mike Hommey]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:24:51AM +1300, stuart yeates wrote:
> I'm trying to use xmllint to validate XML containing xs:language-typed 
> attributes, and while attributes of the form "en", "de" and 
> "i-something" work just fine, attributes of the form "mao" and "rap" 
> result in errors such as:
> 
> TeRSirG.xml.p5.formatted:84: element language: Schemas validity error : 
> Element '{http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0}language', attribute 'ident': 
> 'mao' is not a valid value of the atomic type 'xs:language'.
> 
> Bid001Kahu.xml.p5.formatted:107: element language: Schemas validity 
> error : Element '{http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0}language', attribute 
> 'ident': 'rap' is not a valid value of the atomic type 'xs:language'.
> 
> Bid001Kahu.xml.p5.formatted:972: element foreign: Schemas validity error 
> : Element '{http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0}foreign', attribute 
> '{http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}lang': 'rap' is not a valid value 
> of the atomic type 'xs:language'.
> 
> Both 'moa' and 'rap' are present in
> /usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_639_3.xml and
> /usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_639.xml.
> 
> I understand that 'moa' is deprecated in favour of 'mi' by recent RFC's 
> but I believe it's still valid for older XML files. 'rap' does not have 
> a two-letter language code.
> 
> xs:Name and locally defined schema types seem to be working as expected.
> 
> This seems like a bug, or am I doing something wrong.

This is definitely a bug. I invite you to contact upstream directly,
either on http://bugzilla.gnome.org or by sending a mail to
xslt at gnome.org.

Cheers

Mike