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Re: DTD questions

• To: Bob Foster <bob@o...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: DTD questions
• From: Michelle Tan <tjtan79@s...>
• Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:02:56 +0800
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Hi Bob,
I would like to know whether  "xerces" or "MSXML" has a feature to parser
the DTD programmatically in C#. Please help.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Foster" <bob@o...>
Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: Re:  DTD questions


> Richard Tobin wrote:
> >>What I want to do is simple :
> >>
> >><!ENTITY % test "(oneElem|theOther)">
> >><!ELEMENT root %test;>
> >>
> >>I try with xerces, microsoft and xmlspy  parser that all refuse this.
>
> It seems very likely you are making some other mistake. I just tried the
> following DTD with Xerces:
>
> <!ENTITY % test "(oneElem|theOther)">
> <!ELEMENT root %test;>
> <!ELEMENT oneElem ANY>
> <!ELEMENT theOther ANY>
>
> Validates fine with, e.g., this document:
>
> <!DOCTYPE root SYSTEM "testentity.dtd">
> <root>
>    <oneElem/>
> </root>
>
> Unless you are trying to put the above in an internal subset, it is not
> your problem. If you are, that is your problem.
>
> Bob Foster
>
>
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