I appreciate the response, Robert. I get why to avoid DTDs, but I wasn't aware that external entities had to be defined in a DTD. The syntax for importing an external entity reference...
<!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml"> ...suggests a plain-vanilla XML file, not a DTD. Am I wrong about this? â"Ken Nellis --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Longson" <longsonr@...> wrote: > > This is not going to work, at least not in a browser. See > http://hsivonen.iki.fi/no-dtd/ for why it's a bad idea. > > Best regards > > Robert. > > --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Kenneth Nellis <nellisks@> wrote: > > > > I've tried without success to get external entities to work. For example, > > let's say I want to define "blue" in a shared file as #00247D and then, in > > multiple, separate SVG files, reference the shared definition (as "&blue;"). > > > > I get that the SVG document that references the color would pull in the > > definition with something like the following in its DOCTYPE: > > > > <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml"> > > > > And "blue" would be defined in file colors.xml, but I haven't been able to > > figure out how to define "blue" in file colors.xml. Suggestions would be > > most appreciated! > > > > Ideally, I wouldn't need separate <!ENTITY�.> references in each SVG for > > each color, but could simply refer (somehow) to colors.xml and pull in all > > entity definitions in colors.xml. > > > > �Ken Nellis > > > ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
