Well formedness Validation not proper in EXPAT

Hi All



 I am using expat parser to validate my XML file. But I have noticed
that it does not check well formed ness completely



I have an xml tag in my XML file as



            <name>Devyani<name>>>>>>



While parsing the file with such an entry the Expat parser does not
throw any error. Is there a way such check can be done within expat?



Xerces parsers do this validation and throw an error for this but Expat
does not do so. :-(



In my application I am using both Expat and Xerces DOM parser, output
file from Expat is input to the DOM parser for some modifications. The
DOM parser will never load such a file.



Besides I had tried opening such file in Internet Explorer and Mozilla,
both the browsers opened the file without showing any error. Does that
mean expat works in the same way and does not recognize if the XML file
has an xml entry as above.



Please suggest some solution.



Thanks in Advance




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