XML Twig entities

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Re: XML Twig entities by mirod (Canon) on Apr 09, 2009 at 19:52 UTC
If your document doesn't include a DTD, which I suspect, try including a "fake" one. Make it start with `<!DOCTYPE whtever SYSTEM "dummy.dtd">` That should trick the parser in XML::Parser into believing that entities are defined, without actually expanding them. That should be what you are looking for.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XML Twig entities by rob50 (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2009 at 20:10 UTC
Thanks a lot! I'll give it a try.	[reply]
Re: XML Twig entities by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 09, 2009 at 18:54 UTC
Aside from the contradiction of successfully parsing XML without parsing entities, it sounds like the wrong solution to an unspecified problem. What problem are you actually trying to solve?	[reply]
Re^2: XML Twig entities by rob50 (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2009 at 19:32 UTC
I just need to grab the text from certain elements to make document term vectors for querying. I just need the "words" and an id. The problem is I'm parsing thousands of XMLs from various external sources. I don't have entity lists for all of them and I can't predict what entities will appear. And I don't need the entities anyway. Thanks, Rob	[reply]
Re^3: XML Twig entities by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 09, 2009 at 19:39 UTC
I've tried, "my $twig = new XML::Twig(expand_external_ents => -1);" but I get the same error. I seem to have missed that originally. What error is that? I just need to grab the text from certain elements [...] And I don't need the entities anyway. The entities represent text. [ For the rest of the monks ] I've tried, "my $twig = new XML::Twig(expand_external_ents => -1);" but I get the same error. I seem to have missed that originally. What error is that? I just need to grab the text from certain elements [...] And I don't need the entities anyway. The entities represent text.	[reply]
Re^4: XML Twig entities by rob50 (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2009 at 19:43 UTC
Re^5: XML Twig entities by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 09, 2009 at 19:47 UTC