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Caroline Clewlow <cclewlow@e...> writes: > I can see that XML schema does not cover entity declarations - but RELAX claims > that it's use of hedgeRules allows the creation and naming of a hedge model > that mimics the way parameter entities are used in DTD's. Is this the same > kind of entity, as the word seems to be used in a number of different contexts > ? > > If anyone can clarify this for me ? Thanks ! Neither XML Schema nor RELAX provide a direct replacement for XML 1.0 DTD's general entities. Both XML Schema and RELAX are encoded in XML documents, and so general entities (e.g. declared in internal subsets) can be used to directly reconstruct the functionality of parameter entities as text substitution macros in XML 1.0 DTDs. But in my judgement you would be wrong to do so. Both XML Schema and RELAX provide facilities within the document structure definition language they define which allow you to reconstruct most of the well-behaved functionality of parameter entities as software engineering aid in XML 1.0 DTDs. In my judgement the XML Schema facilities are sufficient to eliminate the need for parameter entities. I don't know enough about RELAX to make a similar claim for it. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
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