/ "Smith, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | If I have validation does my program need internet access?
In order to perform validation, the parser must retrieve the DTD. If retrieving the DTD requires internet access, then validation requires internet access. Note, however, that retrieving the DTD may not require internet access even if it has a http: URI. It is possible that the parser may have an entityResolver which finds a local copy or that some other layer may have a cache. Be seeing you, norm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Man is the only animal who causes pain to XML Technology Center | others with no other object than wanting to Sun Microsystems, Inc. | do so.--Schopenhauer