Entity Value

David Megginson (dmeggins@uottawa.ca)
Sat, 3 May 1997 07:39:57 -0400

In WD-xml-lang-970331, the following production describes an entity
value:

[9] EntityValue ::= '"' ([^%&"] | PEReference | Reference)* '"'
| "'" ([^%&'] | PEReference | Reference)* "'"

Later on, however, clause 4.5 ("Predefined Entities"), states the
following:

If the entities in question are declared, they must be declared as
internal entities whose replacement text is the single character
being escaped, as shown below:

<!ENTITY lt "<">
<!ENTITY gt ">">
<!ENTITY amp "&">
<!ENTITY apos "'">
<!ENTITY quot '"'>

I'm afraid that I do not understand how do the entity values for &lt;
and &amp; satisfy the EntityValue production. Am I missing something
elsewhere in the draft?

All the best,

David

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