[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: Can't embed an ENTITY in a start tag?

  • From: Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net>
  • To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:41:44 -0400

Re:  Can't embed an ENTITY in a start tag?
Aside from getting the syntax right (e.g., a la David Carlisle), please *DO NOT* abuse styles this way. Don't embed them. Give the elements to be styled a class, or id if you must handle them individually, but don't style them within elements. That makes for a nightmare if someone wants to change the styling, and adds a lot of visual clutter that makes it harder to understand the markup if you have to read it.

You can specify a CSS stylesheet to be applied to the XML document, in a stylesheet processing instruction.

TomP

On 6/18/2015 1:10 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
Hi Folks,

Here is an XML document:

<!DOCTYPE root [
       <!ENTITY   style-it   ' style="color:red; font-size:larger" '>
]>
<root>
        <span  &style-it;>...</span>
</root>

When I check that for well-formedness, I get this error message:

   	SXXP0003: Error reported by XML parser:
	Element type "span" must be followed by
	either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".

Why do I get that error message?

I want to specify CSS styling at the top of the XML document (and use it inside many span tags in the XML document). What's the right way to accomplish this?

/Roger






[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index]


PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
 

Stylus Studio has published XML-DEV in RSS and ATOM formats, enabling users to easily subcribe to the list from their preferred news reader application.


Stylus Studio Sponsored Links are added links designed to provide related and additional information to the visitors of this website. they were not included by the author in the initial post. To view the content without the Sponsor Links please click here.

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.