On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:25:17AM +0000, Paul Emberson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is is possible to specify a search path for external entities when using
> the xmlreader interface?
>
> Alternatively, is it possible to specify a DTD to fall back on if the
> one specified in the XML file isn't found (again with xmlreader). E.g.
> it is possible to set a schema with xmlTextReaderSetSchema but I don't
> see a DTD equivalent.
>
> Background:
>
> I am working on a tool which takes its input from xml files which
> specify a dtd in the system identifier. Currently I have to make
> several copies of the DTDs into whichever directory the input is being
> read from. I want to be able to specify where the DTDs are stored as a
> configuration option, or possibly derive it from where the executable
> has been installed. Ideally, I want to be able to specify something
> like an include directory which acts as a base for the URIs in the
> system identifier.
Set up a catalog, it sounds exactly what you need:
http://xmlsoft.org/catalog.html
Daniel
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