While you would be importing an xml file, you are doing so via a DTD. That specific function is probably not supported by browsers.
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Kenneth N <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > I appreciate the response, Robert. I get why to avoid DTDs, but I wasn't > aware that external entities had to be defined in a DTD. The syntax for > importing an external entity reference... > > <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml"> > > ...suggests a plain-vanilla XML file, not a DTD. Am I wrong about this? > > â"Ken Nellis > > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Longson" <longsonr@...> > wrote: > > > > This is not going to work, at least not in a browser. See > http://hsivonen.iki.fi/no-dtd/ for why it's a bad idea. > > > > Best regards > > > > Robert. > > > > --- In [email protected], Kenneth Nellis <nellisks@> wrote: > > > > > > I've tried without success to get external entities to work. For > example, let's say I want to define "blue" in a shared file as #00247D and > then, in multiple, separate SVG files, reference the shared definition (as > "&blue;"). > > > > > > I get that the SVG document that references the color would pull in > the definition with something like the following in its DOCTYPE: > > > > > > <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml"> > > > > > > And "blue" would be defined in file colors.xml, but I haven't been > able to figure out how to define "blue" in file colors.xml. Suggestions > would be most appreciated! > > > > > > Ideally, I wouldn't need separate <!ENTITY�.> references in each SVG > for each color, but could simply refer (somehow) to colors.xml and pull in > all entity definitions in colors.xml. > > > > > > �Ken Nellis > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
