parsing - What is the mimetype / format of this XML like format?

Question

I'm attempting to parse a markup file of unknown source and I can't find out how. It looks a lot like an XML type, but not exactly which makes parsing quite difficult.

<equipment type="2" id="35" level="1" quantity="1" lvlPoints="0" >
    <_float durability="-1" maxDurability="0" />
    <_intarrays>
        <statusValue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 />
        <abilityLearnPoints />
    </_intarrays>
    <_string>
        <_type><![CDATA[EquipShortcut]]></_type>
    </_string>
</equipment>

In this example my parsing fails at the statusValue tag, which is not normal XML. Can anyone tell me how to read this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65907965/what-is-the-mimetype-format-of-this-xml-like-format

Answer 1

The only part of that file that prevents it from being well-formed XML is this:

    <statusValue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 />

Until you remove or repair that part, you cannot process the file with XML-based tools.

Remove it manually, convert it to something well-formed such as,

    <statusValue>0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0</statusValue>

or see the following for possible automated remedies:

• How to parse invalid (bad / not well-formed) XML?