Re: Parameter entity reference error with expat

Chris Maden (crism@oreilly.com)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:06:42 -0400 (EDT)

[Steve Harris]

> If I run the file through expat, though, it reports the following
> error:
> illegal parameter entity reference
[...]
> <!ATTLIST flag
> %entry-atts;> <!-- ** expat quits here ** -->

The spec states in [29] markupdecl:

Well-Formedness Constraint: PEs in Internal Subset
In the internal DTD subset, parameter-entity references can occur
only where markup declarations can occur, not within markup
declarations. (This does not apply to references that occur in
external parameter entities or to the external subset.)

HTH,
Chris

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