Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote on 08/16/2010 11:03:56 AM:
> > 2.<xi:include> elements are resolved by the XML parser, correct?
> By "resolve" I mean that the<xi:include> element is replaced by the
> contents of the file it references.
> >
> No, xi:include is resolved by an XInclude processor, which you can put
> anywhere in your processing pipeline. This is one of the benefits over
> external entities, for example you can do XSLT transformations or XSD
> validation on the document before applying the includes or after
> applying them, or you can transform the document leaving the xi:include
> elements intact, or substitute them with different xi:include elements.
>
> Because XInclude processing is not a function of the XML parser, your
> remaining questions are irrelevant.
Users often don't make that distinction. I'm used to people thinking that everything they do with Xerces is "parsing". My personal favourites are "I use the Xerces parser to write XML" and "I'm having problems with the SAX parser I wrote" where they really meant that they have an issue somewhere in their application's SAX ContentHandler. I used to correct them but tend to just answer the question they should have asked with more correct terminology.
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> > 3. The XML parsers in IE and Firefox do not support XInclude, correct?
> >
> > 4. The XML parser in IE is MSXML, correct?
> >
> > 5. What is the XML parser in Firefox?
> >
> > 6. What XML parsers support XInclude?
> >
> > /Roger
> >
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Thanks.
Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
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