Re: "expected markup declaration" error

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, you wrote:
> Thanks for the attempt.  Unfortunately, changing both the wrapping
> element and the doctype to ROOT didn't change the situation.
[...]
> > > filename: wrap_events.xml
> > > =========================
> > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
> > > <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='render_events.xsl'?>
> > >
> > > <!DOCTYPE HMM [
> > >     <!ENTITY % character_entities SYSTEM "character_entities.dtd">
> > >     %character_entities;
> > >     <!ENTITY events SYSTEM "events.sgml">
> > ]>>
[...]
> > > Failed while looking for xml-stylesheet PI
> > > expected markup declaration
> > > At line 8 in file:/.../wrap_events.xml
> > > TRaX Transform Exception

Now maybe I've missed something, but this says it was looking for a
stylesheet Processing Instruction (and therefore presumably didn't find
one). And it was looking for it at line 8, which is where your root
element start-tag was. Which implies to me you should move your
<?xml-stylesheet...?> so that it occupies a line between the end of the
internal subset and the start of the instance:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<!DOCTYPE HMM [
   <!ENTITY % character_entities SYSTEM "character_entities.dtd">
    %character_entities;
    <!ENTITY events SYSTEM "events.sgml">
]>
<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='render_events.xsl'?>
<HMM>
&events;
</HMM>

(which is where I always put it). I know it ought not make any
difference, as it's only a PI, but is it possible some processors are
waiting until they have encountered and read a DocType Declaration (or
not...ie by the time they have encountered the root element start-tag)
before they want to know anything about a stylesheet?

///Peter

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