Re: pmathml.xsl example from David Carlisle on 2002-04-03 (www-math@w3.org from April 2002)

From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:48:19 +0100
To: bmoss@CLEMSON.EDU
CC: www-math@w3.org
Message-Id: <200204031948.UAA06676@penguin.nag.co.uk>

> 
> Why doesn't the following example containing a character entity work?

It is a general XML rule that using an entity reference without
specifying a DTD is a fatal well formedness error.

You have to specify the mathml DTD (or at least a subset of it) if you
wish to use entity references. This is an XML requirement nothing to do
with the stylesheet.

Unfortunately the XML parser in IE6 is currently broken and doesn't
accept the mathml DTD so currently it is most portable if
you use &#177; to get the plus-or-minus symbol.

David

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