[XML-SIG] expat and external DTDs

[Andrew Shearer]

I had a similar problem with the first cut of a parser for Apple's 
PList format. It worked fine when I was connected to the Internet, but 
failed when I wasn't. The documents specified an Internet-based DTD 
when they really could stand alone, so I used code similar to the 
following:

parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
parser.setFeature(xml.sax.feature_external_ges, 0)
parser.setFeature(xml.sax.feature_external_pes, 0)

The complete code is at 
<http://www.shearersoftware.com/software/developers/plist/>.

On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 12:02  PM, xml-sig-request at python.org 
wrote:

> From: Alexandre Fayolle <Alexandre.Fayolle at logilab.fr>

> I'm using expat through the SAX interface, and it chokes on relative
> links to the DTD in the DOCTYPE of the documents I parse. How can I 
> tell
> expat not to attempt to read the DTD ?
--
Andrew Shearer
http://www.shearersoftware.com/