Re: how to avoid the xmlns:xi on each include statement

[Francesco Montorsi <f18m_cpp217828@yahoo.it>]

Thomas Schraitle ha scritto:
> Hi Francesco,
> 
> 
>>     I have the following dummy problem: I need to <xi:include> lots of 
>> files into my manual.docbook however each line currently looks as
>>
>> <xi:include href="aboutdialoginfo.docbook" 
>> xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
>>
>> is there a way I can avoid the xmlns:xi attribute ?
> 
> Yes. Here is an example:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
>                       "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd";
> [
>   <!ENTITY % local.common.attrib 
>   "xmlns:xi  CDATA  #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude'">
> ]>
> <book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";>
>  <!-- ... -->
>  <xi:include .../>
> </book>
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> This inserts the xmlns:xi attribute into *every* element. If you want it only
> for book, replace "local.common.attrib" with "local.book.attrib".
> 
> 
> Hope that helps. :)
It did - a lot!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

Francesco