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<DIV>Hello,<BR>
After having read about NOTATIONS in XML from the spec. </DIV>
<DIV>I had a ques. :-<BR><BR> I have a sample xml file :-<BR><BR><?xml
version="1.0" ?><BR><!DOCTYPE start-ele [<BR>
<!NOTATION MyFormat SYSTEM "<A
href='http://www.schema.net/usdate.not"'>http://www.my.net/myf</A><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>ormat.spc</FONT></U>"><BR> <!ENTITY MyEnt
SYSTEM "MyFormatData.ent" NDATA MyFormat><BR>
<!ELEMENT start-ele EMPTY><BR> <!ATTLIST attr-for-notation
ENTITY #REQUIRED><BR>]><BR><start-ele attr-for-notation=MyEnt
/><BR><BR>When a validating xml processor will start processing the above, it
is <BR>supposed to pass<BR><BR>1) Notation Name (MyFormat in above case)<BR>2)
Notation System Identifier (<A
href='http://www.schema.net/usdate.not"'>http://www.my.net/myf</A><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>ormat.spc</FONT></U>)</DIV>
<DIV>3) Entity Name (MyEnt in the above case)<BR>4) Entity System Identifier
(MyFormatData.ent)<BR><BR>to the application (on behalf of which the xml
processor is validating).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>-<FONT size=3> How will the application know which are the
elements for which</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3> the Notation name, Notation System ID,Entity
Name,Entity System ID </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>are to be taken from the XML
processor?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>- How will the XML processor pass the above 4 to the
application?<BR><BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR><BR>AMIT REKHI</DIV></BODY></HTML>