Re: Re: external entities

While you would be importing an xml file, you are doing so via a DTD. That
specific function is probably not supported by browsers.

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Kenneth N <[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I appreciate the response, Robert. I get why to avoid DTDs, but I wasn't
> aware that external entities had to be defined in a DTD. The syntax for
> importing an external entity reference...
>
> <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml">
>
> ...suggests a plain-vanilla XML file, not a DTD. Am I wrong about this?
>
> â€"Ken Nellis
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Robert Longson" <longsonr@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is not going to work, at least not in a browser. See
> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/no-dtd/ for why it's a bad idea.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Robert.
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Kenneth Nellis <nellisks@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've tried without success to get external entities to work. For
> example, let's say I want to define "blue" in a shared file as #00247D and
> then, in multiple, separate SVG files, reference the shared definition (as
> "&blue;").
> > >
> > > I get that the SVG document that references the color would pull in
> the definition with something like the following in its DOCTYPE:
> > >
> > > <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml">
> > >
> > > And "blue" would be defined in file colors.xml, but I haven't been
> able to figure out how to define "blue" in file colors.xml. Suggestions
> would be most appreciated!
> > >
> > > Ideally, I wouldn't need separate <!ENTITY�.> references in each SVG
> for each color, but could simply refer (somehow) to colors.xml and pull in
> all entity definitions in colors.xml.
> > >
> > > �Ken Nellis
> > >
> >
>
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