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Re: [xml-dev] SAX and Entity Literals containing content

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To: Rick Marshall <rjm@zenucom.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] SAX and Entity Literals containing content
From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 20:23:15 -0400
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
In-reply-to: <40B3CBE1.8060403@zenucom.com>
References: <030f01c44266$1252f320$6403a8c0@ARIMATHEA><p06010202bcd91e1e005e@[192.168.254.88]> <40B3CBE1.8060403@zenucom.com>


>so is this perfectly ok?
>
><!DOCTYPE doc [
>  <!ENTITY e "<foo>">
>]>
><doc>
>  <child>&e;test</foo></child>
></doc>
>
>and the entity thing is really just a macro definition?


No, and no. That's malformed. The entity replacement text must be 
well-balanced.

-- 

   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   elharo@metalab.unc.edu
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA

References:
- SAX and Entity Literals containing content
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- Re: [xml-dev] SAX and Entity Literals containing content
  - From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Re: [xml-dev] SAX and Entity Literals containing content
  - From: Rick Marshall <rjm@zenucom.com>

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