Inserting ENTITYs without removing the DOCTYPE in Docbook files

Hello,

 

I am trying to resolve/replace the ENTITYs in my Docbook files without 
removing the DOCTYPE declaration. I tried using XMLLINT:

 

    xmllint --noent --dropdtd -o outfile.xml 
infile.xml

 

but this removed the DOCTYPE line along with resolving the ENTITYs. So 
if I don't use the --dropdtd then I get all of the ENTITYs brought in by the 
ENTITY line in the DOCTYPE.

 

 

Here is the snippet of XML that I start with:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC 
"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
<!ENTITY 
% my-defs SYSTEM "my-defs.mod">        
%my-defs;
]>
<chapter 
id="introduction-and-overview">
 <title>Introduction and 
Overview</title>
 <section>
  <title>Introduction</title>
  <para>
   &CORP_NAME; 
Veneer Testers are high-speed, production-line
   testing 
machines for precision grading of wood veneer. 
The
   different models of &CORP_NAME; Veneer Testers 
measure
   different properties (or combinations of 
properties) of
   veneer in order to grade it.

  </para>

 

 

 

Here is what I am getting now with the --dropdtd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<chapter 
id="introduction-and-overview">
 <title>Introduction and 
Overview</title>
 <section>
  <title>Introduction</title>
  <para>
   Metriguard 
Veneer Testers are high-speed, production-line
   testing 
machines for precision grading of wood veneer. 
The
   different models of Metriguard Veneer Testers 
measure
   different properties (or combinations of 
properties) of
   veneer in order to grade 
it.
  </para>

Here is what I want:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC 
"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
<!ENTITY 
% my-defs SYSTEM "my-defs.mod">        
%my-defs;
]>
<chapter 
id="introduction-and-overview">
 <title>Introduction and 
Overview</title>
 <section>
  <title>Introduction</title>
  <para>
   Metriguard 
Veneer Testers are high-speed, production-line
   testing 
machines for precision grading of wood veneer. 
The
   different models of Metriguard Veneer Testers 
measure
   different properties (or combinations of 
properties) of
   veneer in order to grade 
it.
  </para>

 

 

My question is has anyone dealt with this before? and how?

 

Regards,

Dean Nelson