Re: [xsl] character entity references; saxon ie 6.0 differences

Subject: Re: [xsl] character entity references; saxon ie 6.0 differences
From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:14:42 -0400
At 6:23 PM +0100 8/26/03, David Carlisle wrote:


If you do have a DTD then the result drprnds on whether the non
validating parser you are using reads the DTD. (The XML spec allows it
not to read the DTD).


Yes, the XML spec allows that. However, in my opinion the XSL spec does not allow that. (There is some argument on the interpretation of the spec on this point.)) An XSLT processor that does not resolve external entity references is nonconformant.
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