DTD validation error

[Dima.Breydo]

Hello , i'm new to XML so maybe my question is stupid ...

I need to define ENTITY in xml . As i understand in order to do it , I
must add a DTD to xml and then add entity. XMLSPY reports the following
validation validation problem

"Element <Confighas not been declared"

What should i declare and how ?

Thanks a lot,

Dima

This is the xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE Config [
<!ENTITY empty "&#x2400;" >]>

<Config xmlns:md="aaa.com" version="1.0">
<root>
<md:display>/</md:display>
<fff ID="506e738eb3772986" />
<good ID="e903473c054bf906">
<reg ID="f45ab70984dbf5b2">
<md:type>date</md:type>
20060811120100
</reg>
</good>
</root>
<md:ccc>root</md:ccc>
</Config>

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* Di*********@gmail.com wrote in comp.text.xml:

>I need to define ENTITY in xml . As i understand in order to do it , I
must add a DTD to xml and then add entity. XMLSPY reports the following
validation validation problem

"Element <Confighas not been declared"

What should i declare and how ?

You could read a tutorial on XML DTDs or perhaps get a DTD from whoever
specified the XML format you are using, but more likely you don't mean
to actually use DTD validation for your document, in which case you can
just ignore the error report.
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[Peter Flynn]

Di*********@gmail.com wrote:

Hello , i'm new to XML so maybe my question is stupid ...

I need to define ENTITY in xml . As i understand in order to do it , I
must add a DTD to xml and then add entity. XMLSPY reports the following
validation validation problem

"Element <Confighas not been declared"

It's trying to validate the document because it thinks that the presence
of a DocType Declaration means the document is supposed to be valid. As
you presumably don't want validation, just well-formedness, ignore the
warning.

What should i declare and how ?

Your XML is correct as given, for a well-formed document (except that
having declared the entity, you then don't appear to use it :-)

///Peter
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This is the xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE Config [
<!ENTITY empty "&#x2400;" >]>

<Config xmlns:md="aaa.com" version="1.0">
<root>
<md:display>/</md:display>
<fff ID="506e738eb3772986" />
<good ID="e903473c054bf906">
<reg ID="f45ab70984dbf5b2">
<md:type>date</md:type>
20060811120100
</reg>
</good>
</root>
<md:ccc>root</md:ccc>
</Config>