Re: [docbook-apps] Inline DTD Extension for xml:base

I just got a notice that this bug was fixed in the CVS version
of libxml2.  So it will be working in the next release.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Stayton" <>
To: "John L. Clark" <>;
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Inline DTD Extension for xml:base


> I think this is a bug in xmllint.
> If I add a general entity declaration, then xmllint will
> pass both of them to the output.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>   <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
>   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
>   <!ENTITY % local.common.attrib "xml:base  CDATA  #IMPLIED">
>   <!ENTITY foo "bar">
>   ]>
>
> So the workaround is to add a bogus declaration.
> I've posted a bug report on the libxml bugzilla to get Daniel to look at
it.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> 
>
>
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> From: "John L. Clark" <>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:48 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Inline DTD Extension for xml:base
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