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Re: Working with XInclude / xml:base / libxml v2.4.24 andabove
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 06:43:40PM +0000, Kevin.Ruscoe@ubsw.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just come across the same issue as a few other people,
> having upgraded to libxml v2.4.24. Apparently, this introduced
> support for xml:base, yet this is not supported by the
> DocBook XML DTD v4.2. So, I now get lots of errors of the form:
>
> "No declaration for attribute base of element foo"
>
> The following links have some of the discussion:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2002-September/msg00131.html
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2002-September/msg00132.html
>
> From the minutes at:
>
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200211/msg00012.html
>
> and some of the accompanying discussion, it sounds as though the
> plan is to add support for xml:base in a future release of the DTD.
>
> (NB I already use xmllint --postvalid; this seems to be a separate issue.)
>
> In the meantime, some options are:
> a) Stop using XInclude.
> b) Do not upgrade past libxml v2.4.23.
> c) I gather that if all the source files are in the same directory,
> then there is a workaround. Not sure about this aspect.
>
> However, none of these options is very attractive.
>
> Is there a better workaround? We make extremely heavy use of XInclude,
> so this is a significant issue.
A workaround is available in this message:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200211/msg00040.html
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