Re: Is it possible to declare entities without a DTD

["John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:09 PM 05/27/1999 -0400, Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
>On Thu, 27 May 1999, John E. Simpson wrote:
>> There's really (yet) no way to define an entity without a DTD
>
><?xml version="1.0">
><!DOCTYPE sock [
> <!ENTITY hole "a large and ragged tear about the left heel">
>]>
><sock>&hole;</sock>

Lee -- thanks for eliding the rest of my reply:

>But you don't need an
>external DTD subset; just use an internal one that does 
>nothing but declare entities.

:)
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