replace illegal xml characters

[killkolor]

hi!

I am working with InDesign exported xml and parse it in a python
application. I learned here: http://boodebr.org/main/python/all-about-python-and-unicode
that there actually are sets of illegal unicode characters for xml
(and henceforth for every compliant xml parser). I already implemented
a regex solution to replace the characters in question, but I wonder
if there is a efficient and out-of-the-box solution somewhere out
there for this problem. does anybody know?

thanks!
gabriel

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

I am working with InDesign exported xml and parse it in a python
application. I learned here: http://boodebr.org/main/python/all-about-python-and-unicode
that there actually are sets of illegal unicode characters for xml
(and henceforth for every compliant xml parser). I already implemented
a regex solution to replace the characters in question, but I wonder
if there is a efficient and out-of-the-box solution somewhere out
there for this problem. does anybody know?

Does InDesign export broken XML documents? What exactly is your problem?

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[killkolor]

Does InDesign export broken XML documents? What exactly is your problem?

yes, unfortunately it does. it uses all possible unicode characters,
though not all are alowed in valid xml (see link in the first post).
in any way for my application i should be checking if the xml that
comes in is valid and replace all non-valid characters. is there
something out there to do this?

 

[kyosohma]

yes, unfortunately it does. it uses all possible unicode characters,
though not all are alowed in valid xml (see link in the first post).
in any way for my application i should be checking if the xml that
comes in is valid and replace all non-valid characters. is there
something out there to do this?

You might be able to use "Beautiful Soup":

http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/

There are also some good examples for parsing XML at
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/XML/Parsing-XML-with-SAX-and-Python/

and the Dive Into Python site.


Mike

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

yes, unfortunately it does. it uses all possible unicode characters,
though not all are alowed in valid xml (see link in the first post).
in any way for my application i should be checking if the xml that
comes in is valid and replace all non-valid characters. is there
something out there to do this?

I doubt it. Dealing with broken XML is nothing standard-modules should cope
with. The link you provided has all you need - why not just use it?


Diez

 

[Irmen de Jong]

yes, unfortunately it does. it uses all possible unicode characters,
though not all are alowed in valid xml (see link in the first post).

Are you sure about this? Could you post a small example?

If this is true, don't forget to file a bug report with Adobe too.

--Irmen