Re: [Moderator Action] Re: [Fwd: [Moderator Action] Reading an SVG file using a standard XML parser] from Chris Lilley on 2001-04-16 (www-svg@w3.org from April 2001)

From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:13:38 +0200
To: Mikael Sterley <mikael.sterley@anoto.com>
CC: www-svg@w3.org
Message-ID: <3ADB6E92.33A1051D@w3.org>

Mikael Sterley wrote:
> 
> I solved the problem by downloading version 3.0 of Microsoft XML parser,
> which is W3C compliant. 

OK, having a parser that conforms to the requisite specifications seem
like a necessary first step.

> To recognize the DOCTYPE command correctly I had to
> set the "resolveExternals" and "validateOnParse" document properties to
> false.

To *false*? That seems odd. It tells the parser *not* to fetch the DTD.
Same effect as commenting out the dtd.

How about if you set "resolveExternals" to true and "validateOnParse" to
false?

-- 
Chris

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