Re: Re: [docbook-apps] xml catalogs

[Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de>]

Hi Dave,

Tuesday 11 August 2009

> On 11/08/09 18:28, Thomas Schraitle wrote:
> [...]
> With
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
> <erlref>&nbsp;</erlref>
>
> >> The DTD isn't in the same folder as the instance,
> >> the parser needs the DTD to resolve the entity,
> >> Is this instance
> >> a) Well formed
> >
> > No, see above.
>
> But it would be, except for my error

Yes, if the entity is correct, then the above XML is well-formed.


> >> b) Invalid
> >
> > Yes, because you need a well-formed XML which is not the case, according
> > to your example.
>
> And if the ; was there?

That depends on your DTD which I don't know. For example, the following lines 
make the above XML valid:

<!ELEMENT erlref (#PCDATA)>
<!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;">


Tom