[oXygen-user] NCName not valid

[Mark Wilson]

Thanks to everyone for quick and clear responses. I'll prefix a letter to 
the IDs.
Regards,
Mark

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From: "Eliot Kimber" <>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 11:20 AM
To: "Mark Wilson" <>; "Oxygen User" 
<>
Subject: Re: [oXygen-user] NCName not valid

> On 1/10/10 1:15 PM, "Mark Wilson" <> wrote:
>
>> I have to generate a set of IDs in my XSL-FO file, and have done so.
>> However, I get a complaint from Oxygen that:
>>
>> <fo:block " id="1-2">....
>> E [Xerces] cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '1' is not a valid value for 
>> 'NCName'.
>>
>> My programs seem to work, and I do not understand why I am getting this
>> complaint. I thought digits were valid. What is wrong?
>> Mark
>
> XML IDs must start with a "name start character", e.g., a letter. Numbers
> are not valid name start characters.
>
> FO engines that don't validate the FO document won't care, but engines 
> that
> do will.
>
> Cheers,
>
> E.
>
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