Re: [xml-dev] Understanding XML catalogs: what they are, why theyare us

["Anthony B. Coates \(XML-Dev\)" <abcoatesecure-xmldev@yahoo.co.uk>]

I disagree with David's answer.  XML Catalogs are used by resolvers; could  
be a SAX entity resolver, could be some other kind of URI resolver.   
Whether a particular feature (like xsl:include) works with XML catalogs  
depends solely on whether the application that implements the features  
makes it possible to use a resolver that support XML Catalogs.

That said, there is the issue that support for XML Catalogs in such  
applications is less widespread and uniform that you would like.

Cheers, Tony.

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:47:04 +0100, David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>  
wrote:

> On 22/07/2010 12:54, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>> can they be used with<xsl:include>  elements?
>
> No
>
> They are mainly (perhaps only) applicable to specifying the locations of  
> dtd and external parsed entities, that is the SYSTEM and PUBLIC  
> identifiers defined in the grammar of XML.
>
> If you want to be able to map arbitrary URI to arbitrary places then you  
> need a URIResolver (it seems most java systems let you supply a  
> URIResolver class) then you get more power than with the declarative xml  
> catalog, but of course less applicability as if you write it in java it  
> probably won't work without pain for xml applications written in C or  
> .NET (and visa versa).
>
> David
>
>
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