Re: [Sax-devel] Character Entities vs. General Entities

[Jeff R. <jef...@de...>]

> I'm interested to know why the difference is important.  Are there any
> specifications which specify one and not the other?  If so, they are not
> talking about XML 1.0.

The differences become more apparent in the DTD [1]. Basically there are
times where the character reference will be replaced and not a general
entity. I haven't worked out how this translates in to real world examples
yet, but [2] paints the picture well...

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml.html#entproc
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml.html#sec-entexpand

Thanks,
Jeff Rafter
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