As mentioned in this query to the docbook-apps list (http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200501/msg00090.html), XMLMind rewrites entities (on a tangent, I'm just curious as to why it does this?). This leaves me with the problem of how to have productnames, etc, being defined across custom documentation (each custom book has its own book file, but shares chapter files).
The suggested workarounds seem to be to make the stylesheet select the required product name, etc, but I hate this, as it breaks the rule of seperating content from style - I really don't want people having to edit stylesheets to add new product names. Does anyone have an elegant solution to this problem? Thanks, -pm http://oceanclub.blogspot.com "I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."

