[xsl] Path for a DTD : proposition

[Paul Terray <terray at 4dconcept dot fr>]

Hi to everyone,

I'm having multiple problems with the XML parsing today, due to a simple 
problem :
the URL localizing the DTD in the DOCTYPE element, with a SYSTEM 
declaration or a PUBLIC declaration, has to be correct anytime.

This forces us to do a text parsing with transformation before being able 
to parse the XML simply, which is hardly acceptable.

Now, we all know how SGML solved the problem, using the OASIS catalogs. 
They are quite useful, but in my opinion, against the XML ease of use, and 
standalone documents.

Now, there is a simpler way of handling it : what about having a parameter 
to the XML parser, which is simply the root path of any DTD URL reference ? 
Like a PATH variable, but for DTDs, that would be given as a parameter to 
the XSLT program for example (something like "xslcommand in.xml sheet.xsl 
out.html -dtdpath c:/my/dtd/path").

I know this sound like of naive, since most XML parsers are used in a more 
global program, giving hooks on DTD declaration, but the use of XSL command 
line is much more usual, and this is really a problem.

What do you think about it ?

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Paul TERRAY - Documents Management Systems Engineer
4Dconcept
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