• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:35:45 +0000

On 29/11/2010 15:06, trubliphone wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a big XML file I would like to split up into smaller XML 
> files.  I know that this can be done using an entity inside a DTD:
>
> <!DOCTYPE novel SYSTEM "foo.dtd" [
> <!ENTITY bar SYSTEM "bar.xml">
> ]>
>
> But, I am using Schemas.  Is there still a way for me to do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
Yes, there is still a way to do it: use DTDs. There's no problem using a 
schema for validation and a DTD for entity expansion.

Alternatively, use XInclude, which gives you far more control, for 
example it allows you to do transformations on the XML without the 
"entities" being expanded.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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