RE: [xsl] recognize character entities

Subject: RE: [xsl] recognize character entities
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:00:12 +0100

> Is it in the spirit of XML to let the parser expand the 
> entity references back to themselves? For example, in the 
> above situation, is this a reasonable thing to do:
> 
> <!ENTITY euro "&amp;euro;">
> 

I don't think you've explained what you are trying to achieve. There might
be sane reasons for writing an application that treats &quot; and "
differently, but I can't think of them offhand.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

Current Thread
[xsl] recognize character entities Frank Marent - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:31:51 +0200 David Carlisle - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:45:33 +0100 Michael Kay - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:00:16 +0100 <Possible follow-ups> Waters, Michael, Springer US - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:52:35 -0400 Michael Kay - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:00:12 +0100 <= David Carlisle - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:06:09 +0100 Florent Georges - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:06:42 +0200 (CEST) Waters, Michael, Springer US - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:38:53 -0400 Frank Marent - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:48:10 +0200

Current Thread

[xsl] recognize character entities
- Frank Marent - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:31:51 +0200
  - David Carlisle - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:45:33 +0100
  - Michael Kay - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:00:16 +0100
  - <Possible follow-ups>
  - Waters, Michael, Springer US - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:52:35 -0400
    - Michael Kay - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:00:12 +0100 <=
    - David Carlisle - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:06:09 +0100
    - Florent Georges - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:06:42 +0200 (CEST)
  - Waters, Michael, Springer US - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:38:53 -0400
    - Frank Marent - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:48:10 +0200

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