XP syntax error - including cals-tbl.dtd in simple xml dtd

[Glenn R. Kronschnabl]

In message <199809221905.MAA21144 at mehitabel.eng.sun.com> you write:

[stuff deleted]

>If you are interested in using an XML version of CALS, I believe that 
>Norm Walsh's preliminary work [XMLDB] on an XML version of DocBook might
>provide a working (if nonstandard) CALS DTD.

I tried that and it almost worked.  Turns out that the problem is that the 
default entity definitions in the XML CALS table model has the two 
following lines in it that results in an invalid XML file.  Turns out that 
#PCDATA has to be first in the list in the tbl.entry.mdl entity definition.

--- from calstblx.dtd ---
<!ENTITY % paracon '#PCDATA'>
<!ENTITY % tbl.entry.mdl        "(para|warning|caution|note|legend|%paracon
;)*">

Once I reorder the tbl.entry.mdl line to put #PCDATA first, no errors.

Cheers,
Glenn                                  
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