parsing entity values

[Richard Tobin]

> Actually, it's already a syntax error - Section 4.3.2 says that "An internal
> parsed general entity is well-formed if its replacement text matches
> <i>content</i>."

Actually that's not quite right.  The parsed entity is not
well-formed, but that doesn't affect the well-formedness of the
document unless the entity is referenced (section 2.1).

>  Do any of the available parsers indicate an error if &elt;
> is not used in the document?

Yes - the STG validator at http://www.stg.brown.edu/service/xmlvalid/

-- Richard

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