On 01/06/2012 21:12, Pete Cordell wrote:

One possible solution is to pass through unknown entity refs
unchanged... no need to actually resolve it at parse time.

I really like this idea.  Then the entities can be application specific,
although obviously the use of a common set is encouraged.

I thought the imposed constraint of xml compatibility meant this wasn't an option?

as John wrote earlier in the thread (about a different aspect)