DTD/xsl:import

Hi,

I am sure this problem has come up before for someone...and I looked under
DTD and <xsl:import> and <xsl:include> on the  FAQ for a solution. Maybe I
am just not thinking like the rest of you and can't find a solution to what
I am trying to do. Here is the problem I am having.

I have my XML's and XSL's in different directories in a file structure.
Within my XSL's, I refer to the same path several times for my host
machine. I want to put this information in a separate XML file and read
from it into the current XSL that is being parsed.

A sample XML file I am working on:

<root>
<Names>
  <Name>
    <FN>aaa</FN>
    <LN>bbb</LN>
      </Name>
</Names>
</root>

A sample XSL:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY rootdir SYSTEM "http://sdangel03/tms/">
]>
<xsl:template match="/">
...perform some code...
<img><xsl:attribute name="src">
&rootdir;images/name.gif</xsl:attribute></img>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//Names/Name" >
<xsl:sort select="FN" />
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

When I run this on Saxon, the &rootdir; is not picked up as a string. What
am I missing?

Also in the above <!ENTITY rootdir>, I would like to formulate the string
dynamically from a XML file using the document() function. I am not having
toomuch luck with that either. Any help. The sample XML for that is as
follows:

<MESSAGE>
  <CONFIG>
    <FILES>
     <SERVER>sdangel03</SERVER>
     <PATH>tms</PATH>
    </FILES>
    <SERVLET>
        <SERVER>jjdamukaitis01</SERVER>
        <PORT>7001</PORT>
    </SERVLET>
  </CONFIG>
</MESSAGE>

Thanks to anyone who can help or point me to the right part of the FAQ. I
am pretty sure someone has asked this Q before.

Maulik


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