Hi Linda

> However, when I add this reference to the entity file to the top of my
> stylesheet: 
> <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
> <!ENTITY % stylesheettext SYSTEM "stylesheettext.ent"> ]>
> 
> And then use entity references like this in the stylesheet, the entities
> symbol and desc having been declared in the entity file: 
> <xsl:template match="FigLegend">
> 	<table><tr><th>&symbol;</th><th>&desc;</th></tr>
> 	<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="LegendEntry/Symbol"/></td>
> 	<td><xsl:value-of select="LegendEntry/Desc"/></td></tr></table>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Saxon (with its default parser) gives an error: 
>   org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: reference to undeclared entity (found
> "symbol")
> : reference to undeclared entity (found "symbol")

It seems you forgot to resolve the parameter entity stylesheettext by
adding a
%stylesheettext;
inside of the DOCTYPE declaration.

Cheers,
Oliver


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