[ expat-Bugs-595532 ] xmlwf -x not reading the external DTD

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Bugs item #595532, was opened at 2002-08-15 10:25
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Michel Rodriguez (mirod)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: xmlwf -x not reading the external DTD

Initial Comment:
xmlwf test_ext_ent.xml gives me an error on an
undefined entity despite it being defined in the
(external) DTD

>xmlwf -x test_ext_ent.xml
test_ext_ent.xml:2:5: undefined entity

--- test_ext_ent.xml ---
<?xml  version="1.0"  standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "test_ext_ent.dtd">
<doc>&ent;</doc>

--- test_ext_ent.dtd ---
<!ELEMENT doc (#PCDATA)>
<!ENTITY ent  'expanded entity'>

It has no problem if I do xmlwf -p test_ext_ent.xml

Shouldn't -x find the entity declaration in the DTD?

That's with expat 1.95.4

--
Michel

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>Comment By: Karl Waclawek (kwaclaw)
Date: 2002-08-16 09:20

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Maybe, but that is a matter of specifications, not a bug.
Consider this: external entity references can be anything,
not just references to files. You could have an URL, or 
some Public Id for instance. But xmlwf only provides 
external entity reference resolution for files.