Errata For The YAML 1.2 Specification

Last Updated On 2009-10-01

Table of Contents

1. Errata For the latest patched 2009-10-01 revision
2. Errata For the original 2009-07-21 revision

Chapter 1.  Errata For the latest patched 2009-10-01 revision

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Chapter 2.  Errata For the original 2009-07-21 revision

1.1. Goals
Switched the order between goals 2 and 3 (pointed out by BlueGM).
1.3. Relation to JSON
Added paragraph 4 to section 1.3 to clarify JSON compatibility in the presence of duplicate mapping keys (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
3.1. Processes
Changed “refernced” to “referenced” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
4.1. Production Parameters
Changed “sensitivity” to “context sensitivity” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
4.1. Production Parameters / Context c
Changed “as values inside one (flow-out)” to “as values outside one (flow-out)” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
4.1. Production Parameters / (Block) Chomping t
Changed “either case” to “all cases” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
5.3. Indicator Characters
Changed all cases of “#XX” to “#xXX” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
5.4. Line Break Characters
Changed “the above line breaks” to “the above non-ASCII line breaks” (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi). Also, Changed “Note these” to “Note that these” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
5.6. Miscellaneous Characters
Changed “URIs” to “URI” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
5.7. Escaped Characters
Changed “#xA” to “#xC” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
6.3. Line Prefixes / Example 6.4. Line Prefixes
Added a missing line break on the right hand side (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi and Jesse Beder).
6.8.1. YAML Directive
Changed “Note version” to “Note that version” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.3.1. Double-Quoted Style / Example 7.6. Double Quoted Lines
Removed all “,” characters (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.3.2. Single-Quoted Style / Example 7.9. Single Quoted Lines
Removed all “,” characters (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.3.3. Plain Style / [126] ns-plain-first(c)
Changed lookahead from “ns-char” to “ns-plain-safe(c)” (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
7.3.3. Plain Style / [127-129] ns-plain-safe(c)
Changed to be "safe for use in lookahead" instead of "safe for use in content", to support the lookahead fixes pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi.
7.3.3. Plain Style / [130] ns-plain-char(c)
Changed lookahead from “ns-char” to “ns-plain-safe(c)” (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
7.3.3. Plain Style / Example 7.10. Plain Characters
Added missing right hand side entries (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.3.3. Plain Style / Example 7.12. Plain Lines
Removed all “,” characters (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.4.2. Flow mappings
Changed “Note the” to “Note that the” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
7.4.2. Flow mappings / [147] c-ns-flow-map-separate-value(n,c)
Added negative lookahead for “ns-plain-safe(c)” after the “c-mapping-value” (pointed out by Oren Ben-Kiki). This actually existed in the YamlReference implementation (as a negative lookahead for “ns-char”, which also needs to be fixed).
8.1.1.1. Block Indentation Indicator
Changed “Content Content” to “Content” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
8.1.1.1. Block Indentation Indicator / Example 8.2. Block Indentation Indicator
Changed “Detected” to “detected” on the left hand side (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
8.1.1.2. Block Chomping Indicator / [165] b-chomped-last
Added EOF as a valid option (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
8.1.2. Literal Style
Changed “Note all” to “Note that all” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
8.1.3. Folded Style
Changed “separating between” to “separating” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
8.1.3. Folded Style / [178] - b-chomped-last
Changed “folded” to the correct “block-in” (Pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
8.2.1. Block Sequences
Changed “Note it” to “Note that it” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
8.2.2. Block Mappings
Changed “Note YAML” to “Note that YAML” and “Note it” to “Note that it” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
9.1.3. Bare Documents / Example 9.3. Bare Documents
Changed “%PS” to “%!PS” on the right hand side (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
9.1.5. Directives Documents / Example 9.5. Directives Documents
Removes the “!!map” on the right hand side (pointed out by Osamu Takeuchi).
9.2. Streams / Concatenating Streams
Changed “separate between” to “separate”“an document” to “a document”, and “Note this” to “Note that this”, (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
10. Recommended Schemas
Changed “a a” to “a” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).
10.2.1.2. Boolean
Changed “an native” to “a native” (pointed out by Brad Baxter).