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Undefined Attributes on Defined Start Tags
The following example is for start tags that are defined in the document instance's document type but that have one or more attributes that are not defined in the document type.
<book>
...
<!--para start tag with only illegal attributes. -->
<para badatt=noquotes badatt2="literal string">...</para>
...
<!--para start tag with some good and some bad attributes. -->
<para id="xyz" badatt=noquotes lang="english" badatt2='lita string'>...</para>
</book>
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If an attribute name is illegal or formed incorrectly, Arbortext Editor may not handle it properly.


<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN">
<book>
...
<para 4badatt="value">...</para>
...
</book>
The para start tag has an attribute name of "4badatt" that is formed incorrectly because it starts with a digit.