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Re: Parameter entity references

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• Subject: Re: Parameter entity references
• From: Richard Tobin <richard@c...>
• Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:32:02 GMT
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• In-reply-to: <01a501c19eed$51bf16c0$0200a8c0@e...>
• Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh

><!ENTITY % a ' "Don't do it" said Jane'>
><!ENTITY % b "I reached for my keyboard. %a;">
>
>If this is wf (which I believe it is)

??? How do you make that well-formed?  The production for EntityValue
does not allow a single-quote in a single-quoted string.  Perhaps you
meant to say:

  <!ENTITY % a ' "Don&apos;t do it" said Jane'>
  <!ENTITY % b "I reached for my keyboard. %a;">

The (non-existent) rule that strings must start and end in the same
entity is not needed to make this well-formed.  The EntityValue
production applies *before* PE substitution (clearly, since it
includes PEReference), so the double-quotes from %a; are not there
yet.

-- Richard

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