XML EntityDecl

The EntityDecl element represents a general entity and is declared in the internal subset of the DTD. It is a named element and has a single child element, which is of type EntityDeclValue.

An entity declaration of the form:

     <!ENTITY bookTitle "User Guide">

has an EntityDecl element of name bookTitle and a child element of type EntityDeclValue with a string value of User Guide.

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