Entity Value

[David Megginson]

In WD-xml-lang-970331, the following production describes an entity
value:

[9] EntityValue ::= '"' ([^%&"] | PEReference | Reference)* '"'
                  | "'" ([^%&'] | PEReference | Reference)* "'"

Later on, however, clause 4.5 ("Predefined Entities"), states the
following:

  If the entities in question are declared, they must be declared as
  internal entities whose replacement text is the single character
  being escaped, as shown below:

  <!ENTITY lt		"<">
  <!ENTITY gt		">">
  <!ENTITY amp		"&">
  <!ENTITY apos		"'">
  <!ENTITY quot		'"'>

I'm afraid that I do not understand how do the entity values for &lt;
and &amp; satisfy the EntityValue production.  Am I missing something
elsewhere in the draft?


All the best,


David

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