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RE: Non-validating parser, non-existing DTD, undefined entity


xml undefined entity
Yeah, I've seen inconsistencies in behavior between different parsers in
this regard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@p...]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:37 AM
> To: Heikki Toivonen; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  Non-validating parser, non-existing DTD,
> undefined entity and error reporting
> 
> 
> SAX parsers will report some kind of fatal exception,
> likely an IOException, unless you have one (say, AElfred2)
> that supports disabling the external-parameter-entities
> feature (setting the flag value to "false").
> 
> If the processor isn't handling external PEs then the XML
> spec says you'll get a report that it skipped those entities.
> And maybe a validity error, but that bit in the spec is
> excessively short of crystalline clarity ... :)
> 
> - Dave
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Heikki Toivonen" <heikki@n...>
> To: <xml-dev@l...>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:21 AM
> Subject:  Non-validating parser, non-existing DTD, 
> undefined entity and error reporting
> 
> 
> > What should a non-validating XML parser report in the below cases:
> > 
> > 1)
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "notexist.dtd">
> > <test>a&foo;b</test>
> > 
> > 
> > 2)
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "notexist.dtd">
> > <test>a&foo;b</test>
> > 
> > 
> > Should it report that the notexist.dtd could not be loaded, or that 
> > entity foo is undefined, or totally ignore any errors?
> > 
> > -- 
> >   Heikki Toivonen

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