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> >> >> But PIs used to generate text are non-portable, and so >> appropriate for >> documents >> that are being pre-processed. Probably what should be used is >> entities: >> >> ENTITY current-data SYSTEM > "http://www.eg.com/dynamic?get-current-date"> >> >> because the information is data content. > > Except that you then have to muck about with low-level coding to write an > EntityResolver and register it with your XML parser, rather than just > adding > a simple template rule to your stylesheet. Ah, you assume people are using a particular application. For cross-platform portability, just use the default entity parser, have a little CGI at the URL to provide the date. Or have a cron job generate a file with the date every night and reference that. I don't get why a special entity resolver is required? Cheers Rick Jelliffe
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