xml-dev - Re: User passed Arguments for Entities

["Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@home.com>]

Saravanan Ramaswamy wrote:

> > I have a question. I am using DTDs for dynamically
creating XML content.
> >
> > I could use external entity references to get most of
the data by URIs.
> > But one or two key items I want to pass as arguments to
my program
> > (which creates a dynamic doc based on a DTD).
> >
> > Is there any simple way to pass arguments? Something
similar to the way
> >
> > CGI programs read the standard input ? I want to create
different
> > instances of a document based on those input arguments.

This sounds like something to be done by your program.
Think about when and how you want these arguments to be
passed.  You say you are "creating" xml content.  It seems
that you have to arrange your program to handle this part of
the job - it doesn't seem like an xml issue.

You might be more helpful suggestions if you were more clear
about what you have in mind.

Tom Passin