XML ExternalEntityDecl

The ExternalEntityDecl element represents a general entity where the entity definition is contained externally to the current message. It is a named element and has a child of type SystemId. It can also have a child of type PublicId.

An external entity declaration of the form:

    <!ENTITY  bookAppendix SYSTEM "appendix.txt">

has an EntityDecl element of name bookAppendix and a child element of type SystemId with a string value of appendix.txt.

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