RE: Changing DOCTYPE during runtime

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ranjan K. Baisak [mailto:ranjanbaisak@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 30 August 2004 12:29
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Changing DOCTYPE during runtime
> 
> Hello List,
>           My xml contains <!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC
> "-//XYZ Corporation//Project 1.3//EN"
> "h:/xyz_project/dtd/project.dtd"> and to change the
> hardcoded "h:", I declared a system variable PROJ_HOME
> and I changed the declaration 
> <!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//XYZ Corporation//Project
> 1.3//EN" "$PROJ_HOME:/xyz_project/dtd/project.dtd">. 
> I am setting PROJ_HOME during runtime but still the
> same thing is not reflected in xml document.

> Am I doing something wrong?

Firstly, this question has nothing to do with XSLT.

Secondly, references to environment variables such as $PROJ_HOME are
replaced by the contents of the variable only when you are executing a shell
script, not when you are running software such as an XML Parser.

The correct mechanism to use here is a relative URI.

Michael Kay