RE: [xsl] Getting the value of an entity

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2002-09-02 18:30 +0100, Michael Kay wrote:
> This is what the function unparsed-entity-uri() is for.
>
> Nice to know that someone wants it.

Hey, this is an important function in my publishing system since I am 
keeping images in different subdirectories and am pointing to them from 
different parameter entities.  The fact that a relative URI found in an 
external parameter entity is resolved to an absolute URI helps me maintain 
the lists and locations of graphics.

I also use unparsed entities to point to the XML files that I pass to the 
document() function for the same relative URI resolution features.

If I had had an unparsed-entity-notation-uri() function I would have been 
able to remove some hardwired assumptions in my publishing system.

................. Ken


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