On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 07:05:56PM +0200, Hojtsy Gabor wrote: > > IMHO this was not necessary. We have only internal entities. From the > > DocBook - The Definitiv Guide on page 610 or online in the Glossary: > > > > external entity > > An external entity is a general entity that refers to another document. > > Externals entities are often used to incorporate parsable text > > documents, like legal notices or chapters, into larger units, like > > chapters or books. > > So you say we have only internal entities. See what the > XML Recommendations says about internal entites: > > | 4.2.1 Internal Entities > | > | [Definition: If the entity definition is an EntityValue, the defined > | entity is called an internal entity. There is no separate physical > | storage object, and the content of the entity is given in the > | declaration.] > > So there is no physical storage object, the content is in the declaration. > This type of entities are the ones defined in language-defs.ent > and language-snippets.ent. > > OK, what the XML Recommendation says about the External Entities: > > | 4.2.2 External Entities > | > | [Definition: If the entity is not internal, it is an external entity, > | declared as follows:] > | > | External Entity Declaration > | > | [75] ExternalID ::= 'SYSTEM' S SystemLiteral > | | 'PUBLIC' S PubidLiteral S SystemLiteral > | [76] NDataDecl ::= S 'NDATA' S Name > > > You have qouted my "phpdoc/en/pear/standards.xml" modification. > So see how is this defined (as an external entity) in "chapters.ent" : > > <!ENTITY pear.standards SYSTEM "./en/pear/standards.xml"> > > This perfectly matches the production of an external entity, > qouted above from the XML Recommendation. It looks to me that it is not an external entity. The manual is one document and we don't refer to any external documents. So why should I write in every referenced file on the first line: <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?> Jouni, please clarify this a bit. -Egon -- All known books about PHP and related books: http://php.net/books.php Concert Band of the University of Hohenheim: http://www.concert-band.de/ First and second bestselling book in German: http://www.php-buch.de/