xinclude ...... of plain text?

I'm wondering if I can use docbook (xml) to xinclude
what is effectively a plain text file (all markup escaped).

It's a configuration file I'd like to keep out of the xml
till the last moment (to get it right)

Any suggestions please?



regards

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Dave Pawson
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