* xml.el (xml-parse-attlist): Accept empty strings.

	From Max Froumentin <mf@w3.org>.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 980f8171fed..4f4f539e439 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-05  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
+
+        * xml.el (xml-parse-attlist): Accept empty strings.
+        From Max Froumentin <mf@w3.org>.
+
 2002-03-05  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
         * mouse.el (mouse-show-mark): Remove the no-highlight alternative:
diff --git a/lisp/xml.el b/lisp/xml.el
index d6d6d80efa9..a495721330f 100644
--- a/lisp/xml.el
+++ b/lisp/xml.el
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ Leaves the point on the first non-blank character after the tag."
 
       ;; Do we have a string between quotes (or double-quotes),
       ;;  or a simple word ?
-      (unless (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]+\\)\"")
-        (unless (looking-at "'\\([^']+\\)'")
+      (unless (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"")
+        (unless (looking-at "'\\([^']*\\)'")
           (error "XML: Attribute values must be given between quotes")))
 
       ;; Each attribute must be unique within a given element