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I'm not sure that XML allows me to do what I want, but here goes:

Given that I have files a.xml and b.xml who both need to access an
entity defined in c.ent how do I go about it?

Ideally I'd like a syntax similar to:

--- a.xml (or b.xml) ---
<!DOCTYPE ... [
#include c.ent <!-- makes all entities in c.ent available in a.xml
-->
]>

&c-ent;
--- end xml file ---

--- c.ent ---
<!ENTITY c-ent "entity from c.ent">
--- end c.ent ---

Any ideas if/how I can achieve this without putting the entities
within the DTD itself (which is not an option)?

Thanks,

Matt.

"Matthew Burgess" <> wrote in message
news: m...
> I'm not sure that XML allows me to do what I want, but here goes:
>
> Given that I have files a.xml and b.xml who both need to access an
> entity defined in c.ent how do I go about it?
>
> Ideally I'd like a syntax similar to:
>
> --- a.xml (or b.xml) ---
> <!DOCTYPE ... [
> #include c.ent <!-- makes all entities in c.ent available in a.xml
> -->
> ]>

Hmmm. maybe I don't understand your goal or maybe I'm underestimating your
XML skills, but isn't external DTD (that will contain your entity
declarations) enough?

<!DOCTYPE rootname SYSTEM "external.dtd">

external DTD:

<!ENTITY name1 "value1">
<!ENTITY name2 "value2">


Toni Uusitalo


>
> &c-ent;
> --- end xml file ---
>
> --- c.ent ---
> <!ENTITY c-ent "entity from c.ent">
> --- end c.ent ---
>
> Any ideas if/how I can achieve this without putting the entities
> within the DTD itself (which is not an option)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt.

"Toni Uusitalo" <> wrote in message news:<daXUa.2179$> ...
> "Matthew Burgess" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
> > I'm not sure that XML allows me to do what I want, but here goes:
> >
> > Given that I have files a.xml and b.xml who both need to access an
> > entity defined in c.ent how do I go about it?
> >
> > Ideally I'd like a syntax similar to:
> >
> > --- a.xml (or b.xml) ---
> > <!DOCTYPE ... [
> > #include c.ent <!-- makes all entities in c.ent available in a.xml
> > -->
> > ]>
>
> Hmmm. maybe I don't understand your goal or maybe I'm underestimating your
> XML skills, but isn't external DTD (that will contain your entity
> declarations) enough?
>
> <!DOCTYPE rootname SYSTEM "external.dtd">
>
> external DTD:
>
> <!ENTITY name1 "value1">
> <!ENTITY name2 "value2">
>
>
> Toni Uusitalo

I managed to do it this way:

--- a.xml/b.xml --
<!DOCTYPE ... [
<!ENTITY % c-entities SYSTEM "path/to/c.ent">
%c-entities;
]>
<!-- a.xml/b.xml can now use any entity defined in c.ent -->
--- end a.xml/b.xml ---

Thanks,

Matt.

"Matthew Burgess" <> wrote in message
news: om...

> I managed to do it this way:
>
> --- a.xml/b.xml --
> <!DOCTYPE ... [
> <!ENTITY % c-entities SYSTEM "path/to/c.ent">
> %c-entities;
> ]>
> <!-- a.xml/b.xml can now use any entity defined in c.ent -->
> --- end a.xml/b.xml ---

Yes, it was parameter entities was what you were after, BTW W3C has
http://www.w3.org/2003/entities page which contains a lot of entity
definitions for XML/XHTML.

Toni Uusitalo