xml-dev - RE: Parser Behaviour (serious)

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@netfolder.com>]

Hi David,

> Didier replies:
> So, if I understand well, these parser automatically turn on the
validation
> process when a DOCTYPE is encountered in the file. You have to manually
turn
> off validation with an command line option. Is that right? I'll enter that
> info in my notebook.

David said:
Wrong.  Non-validating processors can also include the external DTD
subset (it's optional for them, not forbidden).

Didier replies:
Is this because a DTD can contain external entities declarations and because
of this fact, the parser has to read the DTD to resolve these external
entities?

So, to be more precise, can we say that the DTD can be considered part of
the document, expecially if the DTD may contains external entities
declarations.

As Steve pointed that out, if the standalone="yes" attribute/value is
included in the xml declaration, then what the parser does if external
entities are present in the XML document and that these external entities
are declared in the DTD? Are these external entities unresolved?

Cheers
Didier PH Martin
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