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Gary Stephenson wrote:
> > "When an XML processor recognizes a reference to a parsed entity, in
order
> > to validate the document, the processor must include its replacement
text."
> >
> > So, I suggest you only need to read external entities when they are
> > referenced.
>
> Assuming the above to be correct, it raises the obvious question as to why
> your validator allowed the test to pass. It wasn't in the original list of
> problems you posted - was it? Or is the test actually still in error
despite
> this - for some reason that currently escapes me.
>
Gary,
our XML Validator allows this test to pass because the test doesn't contain
a recognizable reference to %bad-pe;.
pe01.dtd:-
<!ENTITY % bad-pe SYSTEM "pe01.ent">
<!ELEMENT root EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST root
something CDATA "%bad-pe;"
evil (doctor | scott) "doctor"
>
What appears to be a reference to %bad-pe; isn't really a reference because
it appears inside a literal. PEs are not recognised within literals except
for entity value literals. In this case the 'something' attribute has a
literal default value of "%bad-pe;" - which is perfectly valid.
Regards
~Rob
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Rob Lugt
ElCel Technology
http://www.elcel.com/
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