Re: [docbook-apps] Do docbook Stylesheet access the Internet

Paul Taylor <> writes:

> Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> >Which is a very good reason for not using named character entities...
> >
> >Or for relying on any other mechanisms that cause the document to
> >look any different after it is parsed and validated (e.g., entities
> >replaced with whatever they resovlve to, default attributes added)
> >
> > 
> >
> Thanks Bob, now working
> 
> Michael That was the first thing I tried, I havent used any character 
> entities such as trade; only DocBook elements such as <trademark> but 
> itcomplained with  Warning! Error: no ID for constraint for some of my 
> links although I dont know why there are no special characters.
> So I think you do need the DTDs really

No I don't. And neither do you, unless you are using a broken tool.

If are seeing spurious "no ID for constraint foo" errors, it is
due to a bug in the whatever tool you're using to do the processing.