[XML-SIG] XBEL DTD validation question

[Carol Le]

Dear XML-SIG,

I apologize if this is not the right place to direct my question, but  
I have not been able to find any forums with support for XBEL.  If  
this is not the write place to direct these questions, please let me  
know where I can get some help.  :c)


I am working on a master's thesis that argues for a standard to be  
established for internet bookmarks.  My thesis investigates XBEL as a  
possible format for this standard.  As en exercise, I have written an  
XML parser that transforms a Safari bookmarks file to an XBEL file.   
However, when I try to validate the XBEL file with the DTD, I have  
two re-occurring validation errors.

One error that I continually get throughout my XML document is  
something like the following:
-- Attribute value "09BDE5A6-6CE7-4137-AD4D-5FC6D380BFD5" of type ID  
must be a name
This happens for every <bookmark id="someID"> tag that I use where  
someID does not start with a letter.  Does XBEL only allow name  
ID's?  Safari uses these id's that can oftentimes start with a  
number.  Does this mean that for XBEL, you cannot use Safari's ID's?


The second error that I get is something like the following:
-- Attribute "file-version" must be declared for element type  
"metadata".
This occurs for every single <metadata> element I have.  For the  
above error, for example, the metadata element was <metadata  
owner="Safari" file-version="1"/>.  From reading the DTD and looking  
at some XBEL examples, I was under the understanding that the  
metadata attribute was so that you could put any application-specific  
items.  However, all of my application-specific items are not  
validating correctly.  Any suggestions?



I was unable to attach my xml file, as my email is getting reject as  
spam.  So please let me know if you would like to see the XBEL file  
I'm trying to validate.


Thank you very much -- I appreciate your help greatly!
Carol Le