I wonder ...

Tue Mar 2 21:48:18 GMT 1999

This works fine, but (at least in IE 5) only for a single level. That is, you can't have another entity reference inside "book.dtd". To me, this significantly limits its usefulness (imagine not allowing a #include inside a file that was #included).

Jeff

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From: owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
David Megginson
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 1:09 PM
To: XML Development
Subject: re: I wonder ...

Kyu Hwang Yeon writes:

 > I am looking for a way to reuse *.dtd files.  For example, I have book.dtd
 > and library.dtd.  Then, I'd like to reuse book.dtd inside library.dtd
 > without rewriting whole library.dtd. (Maybe it is too silly question for
 > people who subscribe this new group)    I wonder it is possible?  Otherwise,
 > should certain conditions be satisfied for that reuse?

Try this:

  <!ELEMENT library (book+)>
  <!ENTITY % book SYSTEM "book.dtd">
  %book;

All the best,

David

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