Re: [xml] Entities in attributes

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 03:29, Vitaly Ostanin wrote:
> Hello, All!
>
> Please, tell me - can I use entities in values of attributes ?
>
> I use DocBook/XML DTD and wrote
> <section id="&BASEID;.short-intro">
>
> After validating with xmllint I get error:
> "Syntax of value for attribute id on section is not valid"

You should have no problem doing this.
The test file I whipped up validated correctly:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" 
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd";[
  <!ENTITY BASEID "test">
]>
<section id="&BASEID;.short-intro">
  <title>Test</title>
  <para>Test.</para>
</section>

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Could you send me (off-list) a minimal copy of the offending file to
look at?

Cheers,
John
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