From: ruud grosmann <r.grosmann@...>
Date: 2008-07-29T22:44:48+09:00
Subject: libxml: is it possible not to use doctype declaration?

hi all,

I have tried to find elements in XML documents with xpath expression
support in libxml:

require 'xml/libxml'
doc = XML::Document.file( file)
node = doc.find_first( 'doc/p[@att]/@att')

This works fine, but not if the document contains a doctype
declaration with a system identifier. For some reason, libxml tries to
resolve it. Leading to significant performances issues.

Is there a way to tell the Document-object that it should ignore the
doctype declaration if present? Or should I first remove the
declaration from the document before calling new?

regard, Ruud