[4suite] [amara] Error message in scimitar

[Uche Ogbuji]

Pepping, Simon (ELS-AMS) wrote:
> When I try to validate an xml file with the validation script generated
> by scimitar, I get the following error:
> 
> C:\Home\csproj\schematron-contrast\iso-schematron>python
> schematron-contrast.py dataset.xml
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "schematron-contrast.py", line 466, in ?
>     PATTERNS = [
> SyntaxError: parse error at line 1, column 119: reached end-of-input,
> expecting
> 'WILDCARD_NAME' or 'NODE_TYPE'
> 
> Line 466 is the starting line of PATTERNS. All braces and parentheses in
> it are properly balanced. I do not understand to which file 'line 1,
> column 119' refers.

It's not a file: it's your XPath expression.  Presumably your XPath is
all on one line.  Honestly, 4Suite's XPath parser is *extremely* well
tested, and so I'm 99.999% sure it is a syntax error in your XPath.
Scimitar should cer be certainly be fiendlier, either giving the line
number within the original stron file or at least displaying the
offending XPath expression.  I'll look into that, but maybe not in time
for version 1.2.

> How can I solve this error?
> 
> I am running 4suite 1.0 and amara 1.2a2, in which I replaced the
> scimitar script with a version from CVS this morning.


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