> If the DTD is unavailable and the document actually uses the DTD, not > retrieving the remote DTD will result in different output than if the > remote DTD is present.
I guess I am not familiar enough with xpath to conceive of a case when the DTD would change the xpath result. Any demonstration of this would be appreciated. :-) > What you probably should be doing is providing the DTD that you want > to use to create these XML files so there is no external reference. > Otherwise your packages could build differently depending on whether > or not the DTD is present, which is definetly not what you want. [If > the DTD isn't necessary, then it probably shouldn't be specified > either.] Unfortunately the files processed are from various external sources, and are not under our control. Perhaps what we need is a flag to prevent the DTD from being used, or to prevent attempts to fetch it from the network? Thanks for your help in figuring this out. Charles -- Here's A good deed For a scout Tell your dad All about Burma-Shave http://burma-shave.org/jingles/1941/heres
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