Absolute path for a DTD and a XSL sheet

Hello,

I know this is not XSL related, but since all my Cocoon and XML-related
friends are here :) I ask it here though :

Each of my XML and XSL files has a dtd. There are different DTDs, some use
other DTDs and so on.
I'd like to have a string constant that gives the local files root
directory. Here's an example of what I'd like to do (but it doesn't work) :

<!-- this is what I'd like to put at the begining of each xsl or xml
file -->
<!DOCTYPE chapitre

[

<!ENTITY % chemin_install SYSTEM "/chemin_install.ent">

%chemin_install;

]

SYSTEM "&chemin;/dtd/chapitre.dtd"> <!-- the dtd won't be the same in each
file -->

<!----------------------------->



and in chemin_install.ent, I have this :

<!ENTITY chemin "C:/Program_Files/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/ampere">



I want to do that for 2 reasons :

- if I move XML and/or XSL files from a directory or another, all relative
paths for DTDs and XSL sheets will have to be changed

- the server is my computer right now, but it will soon be another one. So
if I put the absolute path (either with "http://" or with "file://") in each
XML and XSL file, I'll have to change all paths in all files when I change
the server.



With this "solution" (but apparently it's impossible), the only constraint
would be to put chemin_intsall.ent in the root directory of the drive where
I install Cocoon and my files.



Any help will be GREATLY appreciated.

Frederic



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