Referencing external entity!

TheAliveWinner · 11-20-2012, 05:09 AM

Hello friends,
I am trying to reference entity from an external dtd.
But the XML code is not being parsed due to error.

"I am really stuck and I don't know what to do."

XML file (note.xml):

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE message SYSTEM "note.dtd">
<message>
    <to>Love</to>
    <from>&author; Lover</from>
    <body>I love you very much! &lt;3</body>
</message>

DTD file (note.dtd):

Code:

<!ELEMENT message (to, from, body)>
<!ELEMENT to (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>
<!ENTITY author "Anonymous">

Thank you!

sunfighter · 11-20-2012, 04:34 PM

The & sign in front of author; should be &

You can display this xml in a browser then, but if you want to parse it you might want to remove the <!DOCTYPE message SYSTEM "note.dtd">.