We need better error messages in the case of invalid XML files

[Michele Simionato]

Vitor was running a scenario_damage calculator and in the fragility_model file he accidentally wrote

        <IML IMT="MMI">7 8 9 10 11</IML>
        <description>Fragility model for Pavia (discrete)</description>

instead of

        <description>Fragility model for Pavia (discrete)</description>

        <IML IMT="MMI">7 8 9 10 11</IML>

The error message was unhelpful: http://pastebin.com/08j7cpvM

In general we should use the method assertValid (which returns a good error message) and not validate (which returns a boolean)
in the nrml parsers.

[Michele Simionato (michele-simionato)]

Actually the problem was with

 <IML IMT="PGA"></IML>
<description>Fragility model for Nepal (continuous)</description>

instead of

<description>Fragility model for Nepal (continuous)</description>
 <IML IMT="PGA"></IML>

 but the point stands.

[matley (matley)]

is it still valid?

[Michele Simionato (michele-simionato)]

No, it was fixed and released before 1.0