Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > / Phil Glaser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > | I just figured this out: if I put the "OVERRIDE YES" option at the top of > | the catalog file (as it is in my catalog file for xhtml) everything works > | fine. If anyone could explain _why_ this works, I'd appreciate it. > > OVERRIDE YES in OASIS Catalogs tells the processor that PUBLIC > identifiers are to be preferred over SYSTEM identifiers. With OVERRIDE > NO, a SYSTEM identifier (if specified) will be used in preference to > the PUBLIC identifier. > > Since XML *requires* a SYSTEM identifier, OVERRIDE YES is necessary in > order for the OASIS Catalog to have any effect if you're using XML.
Considering this, shouldn't "OVERRIDE YES" be included in docbook.cat for the XML distribution? Jens
