> This problem goes away as soon as I delete the DOCTYPE info, 
> but I don't want to (can't) do this for every file. Is there 
> some way around this error? Note that the DTD does exist at 
> the URL provided, but the default setup in Saxon doens't seem 
> to find it.

It's nothing to do with the Saxon setup per se. The most common reason you
can't access to remote URLs is that you're behind a proxy server, and you
haven't told the Java VM how to get through it. Perhaps someone who's been
there could share the magic incantations?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/