- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@eps.inso.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 09:57:49 -0400
- To: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
- CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>I get the same results you do from our XML parser. What do you think
>the standard predicts?
Well, the standard says:
>XML allows parameter entity references in a variety of places within
>the DTD. Parameter-entity references are always expanded immediately
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>upon being recognized, and the DTD must match the relevant rules of
>the grammar after all parameter-entity references have been
>expanded. In addition, parameter entities referred to in specific
>contexts are required to satisfy certain constraints in their
>replacement text; for example, a parameter entity referred to within
>the internal DTD subset must match the rule for markupdecl.
This seems to imply that in:
<!DOCTYPE foo [
<!ENTITY % pe "'">
<!ENTITY % pe2 '&pe;&pe;' >
]>
pe2 would be expanded to '''', which is illegal.
I should note that neither NXP nor lark can handle my example.
Received on Friday, 23 May 1997 09:59:24 UTC