1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lowlevel/property.rs b/src/lowlevel/property.rs
index bba693f..def204d 100644
--- a/src/lowlevel/property.rs
+++ b/src/lowlevel/property.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ impl Property {
         ensure_tag_name!(node, "property");
 
         let name = get_attribute!(node, "name")?.to_owned();
-        let property_type = get_attribute!(node, "type")?;
+        let property_type = match node.attribute("type") {
+            Some(ty) => ty,
+            None => "string",
+        };
 
         // handle the case that 'string' value is stored in element content instead of value atribute
         if property_type == "string" {
@@ -274,6 +277,18 @@ mod parse_property {
             }
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn string_without_explicit_type() {
+        crate::parse_property_test!(
+            Property,
+            r##"<property name="door" value="true"/>"##,
+            Property::String {
+                name: "door".to_owned(),
+                value: "true".to_owned()
+            }
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]