Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT, XHTML, and default attribute values [somewhat OT] From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:38:45 +0100 |
> It's possible Mozilla implements its own custom entity resolver . in the eventit cannot reach a referenced DTD, That's a polite way of describing it:-) It never even tries to fetch a dtd other than from its own local cache directory if the last part of "the filename" in the system URI is the same as the name of a file in mozillahome/res/dtd or it's public id is one of half a dozen it knows (hardwired into the code, (variants of xhtml and xhtml+mathml) then it uses the local copy otherwise it just ignores the dtd and attributes don't get defaulted (this is conformant with the xml spec) and entity refs generate an undefined entity error (this arguably isn't conformant but the spec is a bit vague here) > but I've never had any luck ignoring them using > Xerces in Java without implementing a custom entity resolver. whether or not you are supplied an easy hook, the xml spec certainly allows such a hook, or to put it another way a non validating xml parser that uses an entity resolver designed to return nothing for any uri is conformant. David (I think we are getting more than somewhat OT] ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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