Re: [xml] DTD location help

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 12:01:26AM -0400, tlewis mindspring com wrote:
> I am packaging my application up for release & distribution, and I am
> struggling with how to handle my DTDs.  Different *nix distributions have
> different policies on where DTDs and other system components should go,
> and so I am hesitant to specify the location as an absolute "file://"
> path.  Rather, I would like to state the DTD and have it be discovered
> under to the local file arrangement.
>
> If I am not mistaken, this is the purpose of catalogs.  I've never used
> a catalog, I am unclear on the differences between SGML and XML catalogs,
> and I am unfamiliar with the libxml interfaces for handling these issues.
> Could anyone point me to some documentation or example code, or provide
> some tips, that could clarify this issue for me?  I don't need a catalog
> primer as much as I need info/examples on the libxml-specific portions,
> but anything would be appreciated.

Daniel has written a helpful introduction to libxml's catalog support
here:

http://www.xmlsoft.org/catalog.html

It includes both a discussion of the xmlcatalog tool, and the API to
use libxml's catalog support in your app.

Cheers,
-- 
John Fleck
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