XLIFF merge error when trans-unit id contains certain white space

[Dale Eggett]

XLIFF 1.2 files containing certain white space (e.g. ) fail to import. Per the XLIFF specifications (http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/v1.2/os/xliff-core.html#id), white space appears to be allowed.

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This may have to do with XML Attribute-Value Normalization (https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#AVNormalize). The id gets normalized, and after normalization the strings don't match.

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Attached are a sample XLIFF that fails to merge and the resulting stack trace.

[Dale Eggett]

Has anyone had a chance to look into this?

[Jim Hargrave (OLD)]

As mentioned this is standard behavior for all xml processors. This is a feature.