Problem with ignoring system ID of Doctype

[Paul Terray <terray@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, this is a XML question :
We have a lot of problems with the DOCTYPE call : it seems the system ID is 
mandatory (can someone confirm that ?). I know someone answered me about a 
catalog in XML, much like the library in SGML.

Is there a standard for a parser (we use Oracle) that make it ignore the 
DTD and use the public ID when the system ID is not good ? Is there a 
standard way not to specify any system ID ? We keep our XML in a DB, and 
don't want to store the system ID of the editor, as it is absolute.

Another question is : Is there a way to make a URL absolute to the server, 
but without the server address ?

Thanks you.
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Paul Terray - terray@xxxxxxxxxxxx
tel : 01 34 58 70 76



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