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Subject: DOCBOOK: strange definition of & and < in iso-num.ent
In the XML entities file iso-num.ent (ISO Numeric and Special Graphic Entities V0.3 $Id: iso-num.ent,v 1.3 2002/06/13 17:39:20 nwalsh Exp $) there are the following two rather odd definitions of & and <: <!ENTITY lt "&#60;"> <!-- LESS-THAN SIGN --> <!ENTITY amp "&#38;"> <!-- AMPERSAND --> which effectively define the < entity as "<" and & as "&". In practice, this has little effect, since the XML spec predefines & and < as "&" and "<", and most tools won't modify those definitions, but it can cause some confusion. You can see somebody relying on these definitions in http://www.mulberrytech.com/quickref/XMLquickref.pdf (where, on the second page, the list of Predefined General Entities gives these strange definitions of & and <). Unless there is some subtle reason beyond my understanding why these definitions should be given as such, they should probably be corrected in the next release. @alex -- mailto:dupuy@sysd.com
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