[XML-SIG] turning of dtd checker

[Radovan Chytracek]

Hi Martin,

    see:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2003-September/009871.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2003-September/009875.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2003-September/009876.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2003-October/009937.html

Any comments welcome.

Cheers
         Radovan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Martin v. Löwis" [mailto:martin at v.loewis.de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:43 AM
> To: Radovan Chytracek
> Cc: xml-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [XML-SIG] turning of dtd checker
> 
> 
> Radovan Chytracek wrote:
> > On the other hand, nobody has anwereed my question where I 
> needed to 
> > guarantee, that an XML document parsing succeeds including 
> references 
> > to all external entities even in the case a DTD is not physically 
> > accessible. This is required for disconnected mode of 
> operation where 
> > user has no network connection available on his/her laptop for 
> > example. The solution to this is to use EntityResolver
> 
> Right.
> 
> > which for some reaqson
> > does not really work as expected.
> 
> Why do you say that? What did you do, what did you expect to 
> happen, and what happened instead?
> 
> > Well it works if one enables it but my
> > feeling is that for some reasons it has been intentionally 
> disabled so 
> > even if one implements and registers EntityResolver it is 
> not called 
> > and causes not really intuitive exception(s) being raised.
> 
> Nothing like this is intentionally happening.
> 
> > I would like to know what's a showstooper for EntityResolver proper 
> > function.
> 
> Why do you say it does not function properly?
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
>