Check fails when unique-identifier starts with a number about epubcheck HOT 3 CLOSED

From [email protected] on June 17, 2008 18:00:14

Hello,
I've taken a look at your error, but I cannot seem to reproduce it. It would be very useful if you could send me
the exact snippet of your content.opf file. You can post it here or send it to me directly: [email protected]
If I understand your error correctly, this would cause your error:
<dc:identifier id="bookid">1827c6d4c3c444459bb8fdb2be367fe6/dc:identifier
This should not cause an error, but when I've run it through the latest version of the checker on my machine,
it does not.
However, the id attribute cannot start with a number. The following code would (rightfully) cause an error:
<dc:identifier id="827c6d4c3c444459bb8fdb2be367fe6">/dc:identifier

As a side note, it is typically a good idea to always start your UUID with "urn:uuid:"

Hope that helps out a bit!
Piotr

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From [email protected] on June 24, 2008 09:51:59

As I've mentioned before, I'm having a hard time reproducing the error.
Upon re-reading your original post, I think that the problem is that you cannot use something that starts with
a number as an id attribute (or a unique-identifier) attribute.

However, if you still experience this error email me directly or post in this thread again and I'll try to work
with you to figure things out.

Cheers,
Piotr

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From [email protected] on June 17, 2008 18:00:14

Hello,
I've taken a look at your error, but I cannot seem to reproduce it. It would be very useful if you could send me
the exact snippet of your content.opf file. You can post it here or send it to me directly: [email protected]
If I understand your error correctly, this would cause your error:
<dc:identifier id="bookid">1827c6d4c3c444459bb8fdb2be367fe6</dc:identifier>
This should not cause an error, but when I've run it through the latest version of the checker on my machine,
it does not.
However, the id attribute cannot start with a number. The following code would (rightfully) cause an error:
<dc:identifier id="827c6d4c3c444459bb8fdb2be367fe6"></dc:identifier>

As a side note, it is typically a good idea to always start your UUID with "urn:uuid:"

Hope that helps out a bit!
Piotr

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