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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Working with XInclude / xml:base / libxml v2.4.24 andabove
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 06:43:40PM +0000, Kevin.Ruscoe@ubsw.com wrote: > Hi > > I have just come across the same issue as a few other people, > having upgraded to libxml v2.4.24. Apparently, this introduced > support for xml:base, yet this is not supported by the > DocBook XML DTD v4.2. So, I now get lots of errors of the form: > > "No declaration for attribute base of element foo" > > The following links have some of the discussion: > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2002-September/msg00131.html > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2002-September/msg00132.html > > From the minutes at: > > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200211/msg00012.html > > and some of the accompanying discussion, it sounds as though the > plan is to add support for xml:base in a future release of the DTD. > > (NB I already use xmllint --postvalid; this seems to be a separate issue.) > > In the meantime, some options are: > a) Stop using XInclude. > b) Do not upgrade past libxml v2.4.23. > c) I gather that if all the source files are in the same directory, > then there is a workaround. Not sure about this aspect. > > However, none of these options is very attractive. > > Is there a better workaround? We make extremely heavy use of XInclude, > so this is a significant issue. A workaround is available in this message: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200211/msg00040.html Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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