diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_pyexpat b/Lib/test/output/test_pyexpat
index da0731204e3..61fe81d6370 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_pyexpat
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_pyexpat
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ OK.
 OK.
 OK.
 OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
+OK.
 PI:
 	'xml-stylesheet' 'href="stylesheet.css"'
 Comment:
@@ -99,6 +107,4 @@ Legal values tested o.k.
 Caught expected TypeError:
 ParserCreate() argument 2 must be string or None, not int
 Caught expected ValueError:
-namespace_separator must be one character, omitted, or None
-Caught expected ValueError:
-namespace_separator must be one character, omitted, or None
+namespace_separator must be at most one character, omitted, or None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py b/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
index 0c400b4d6d1..fecb27ea810 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ def confirm(ok):
 parser.returns_unicode = 2; confirm(parser.returns_unicode == 1)
 parser.returns_unicode = 0; confirm(parser.returns_unicode == 0)
 
+# Test getting/setting ordered_attributes
+parser.ordered_attributes = 0; confirm(parser.ordered_attributes == 0)
+parser.ordered_attributes = 1; confirm(parser.ordered_attributes == 1)
+parser.ordered_attributes = 2; confirm(parser.ordered_attributes == 1)
+parser.ordered_attributes = 0; confirm(parser.ordered_attributes == 0)
+
+# Test getting/setting specified_attributes
+parser.specified_attributes = 0; confirm(parser.specified_attributes == 0)
+parser.specified_attributes = 1; confirm(parser.specified_attributes == 1)
+parser.specified_attributes = 2; confirm(parser.specified_attributes == 1)
+parser.specified_attributes = 0; confirm(parser.specified_attributes == 0)
+
 HANDLER_NAMES = [
     'StartElementHandler', 'EndElementHandler',
     'CharacterDataHandler', 'ProcessingInstructionHandler',
@@ -167,6 +179,7 @@ def confirm(ok):
     print e
 else:
     print "Failed to catch expected TypeError."
+
 try:
     expat.ParserCreate(namespace_separator='too long')
 except ValueError, e:
@@ -174,10 +187,13 @@ def confirm(ok):
     print e
 else:
     print "Failed to catch expected ValueError."
-try:
-    expat.ParserCreate(namespace_separator='') # too short
-except ValueError, e:
-    print "Caught expected ValueError:"
-    print e
-else:
-    print "Failed to catch expected ValueError."
+
+# ParserCreate() needs to accept a namespace_separator of zero length
+# to satisfy the requirements of RDF applications that are required
+# to simply glue together the namespace URI and the localname.  Though
+# considered a wart of the RDF specifications, it needs to be supported.
+#
+# See XML-SIG mailing list thread starting with
+# http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2001-April/005202.html
+#
+expat.ParserCreate(namespace_separator='') # too short