Kathryn Huxtable wrote: > I'm using XML Editor Professional Edition, version 4.4.0 on Mac OS X 10.6.2. > I have a DocBook 4.5 document which includes the entity reference > &projectVersion;, which is normally supplied by the Maven docbkx plugin with > my current project version number. > > There is no definition in my XML for this entity. >
Therefore the entity is defined in the DTD external subset. > XML Editor replaces it with an empty string where it occurs. > > Is there something I can do about this? I thought that entities were > preserved, even if undefined. > If the entity was undefined, it would not be possible to open your document. You would get a parse error. My guess is: [1] Entity projectVersion is defined as an *empty* *string* in the DTD external subset. [2] The authors of this DTD expect you to give it an actual value it in the DTD internal subset (that is, in your XML): Something like that: <!DOCTYPE XXX PUBLIC "Maven YYY" "MavenZZZ.dtd" [ <!ENTITY projectVersion "1.0.0"> ]> --> But all these are just guesses. I'm really sorry but we, XMLmind, cannot really help you. We know nothing at all about the Maven docbkx plug-in. You should really contact the author of this plug-in. --> About XMLmind XML Editor and entities: see http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/limitations.html
