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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] problem with an URL


Sylvain Perchaud wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently writing a document about the latests software patents.
> Unfortunately I can't transform my DocBook file since I've lots of URL
> which contain "&Sect2" strings (see below for an example).
> 
> FOP returns :
> " F The reference to entity "Sect2" must end with the ';' delimiter. "
> 
> <ulink                    url="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?
> Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/
> srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,704,772.WKU.&OS=PN/6,704,772&RS=PN/
> 6,704,772">US 6,704,772 - "Thread based email"</ulink>
> 
> How can I avoid this kind of problem ?
> 
> 

you need to escape (all) your ampersands in your url, otherwise it is 
interpreted as the beginning of an entity reference.
(http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=...)

hth,
markus


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