From: Tommy Nordgren <tommy.nordgren@...>
Date: 2008-07-30T02:48:35+09:00
Subject: Re: libxml: is it possible not to use doctype declaration?


On 29 jul 2008, at 15.44, ruud grosmann wrote:

> 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
>
	Check wether your xml processor supports xml catalog files. They  
provide a mapping from web-based
paths to local file names.
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