[eml-dev] [Bug 3232] - EML parser limitations

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3232





------- Comment #5 from mob at icess.ucsb.edu  2008-04-23 13:27 -------
With regard to comment #3 (2 failed docs): 
1. the first test shows how many 201 docs will fare when validated against 210
-- the now-required <metadata> element is missing. The only 201 docs which will
pass will be those from people who pre-implemented the bug 2054 fix.  

2. the second error is more complicated. There had been a partial fix of bug
1662 that was checked into the head, but was not in the download zip of eml201.
See comment #4 on bug 1662: the code which added attributes to <references> was
merged into a branch with other target-unspecified changes. Since it had been
in the head, there was always the possibility that someone with a recent
checkout might use it (as Callie has). If the use of that attribute is
pervasive, and if it's acceptable to address 1662 partially for now, then it
can go back in the head. advice/opinions, please.