Not well-formed error

**diades** · 13th May 2005, 10:40

Hi Guys

Could you run your eye over this dtd? I am getting an error and cannot see why for the life of me!

HTML Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!ENTITY % uri "CDATA">
<!ENTITY % script "CDATA">
<!ENTITY % stylesheet "CDATA">
<!ENTITY % text "CDATA">
<!ENTITY % languagecode "NAME" >
<!ENTITY % coreattrs
         "id ID #IMPLIED
          class CDATA #IMPLIED
          style %stylesheet; #IMPLIED
          title %text; #IMPLIED" >
<!ENTITY % i18n
         "lang %languagecode; #IMPLIED
          dir (ltr|rtl) #IMPLIED" >
<!ENTITY % events
         "onclick     %script; #IMPLIED
          ondblclick  %script; #IMPLIED
          onmousedown %script; #IMPLIED
          onmouseup   %script; #IMPLIED
          onmouseover %script; #IMPLIED
          onmousemove %script; #IMPLIED
          onmouseout  %script; #IMPLIED
          onkeypress  %script; #IMPLIED
          onkeydown   %script; #IMPLIED
          onkeyup     %script; #IMPLIED" >
<!ENTITY % attrs "%coreattrs; %i18n; %events;">
<!ENTITY % contenttype "CDATA" >
<!ENTITY % contenttypes "CDATA" >
<!ENTITY % charset "CDATA" >
<!ENTITY % charsets "CDATA" >
<!ENTITY % methodtype '(get|post)'>

<!ELEMENT script (%script;)>
<!ATTLIST script
                  charset %charset; #IMPLIED
                  type %contenttype; #REQUIRED
                  src %uri; #IMPLIED
                  defer (defer) #IMPLIED
                  event CDATA #IMPLIED
                  for %uri; #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT forumhome (header)>
<!-- 
===============
Start header group 
===============
-->
<!ELEMENT header (logo_section,navigation_section)>
<!-- ========================== -->
<!ELEMENT logo_section (logo,logo_right)>
<!-- ************************************** -->
<!ELEMENT logo EMPTY>
<!ELEMENT logo_right (#PCDATA)>
<!-- ========================== -->
<!ELEMENT navigation_section (forum_location_section,form)>
<!ELEMENT forum_location_section (location_link)*>
<!ELEMENT location_link (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST location_link  href CDATA #REQUIRED
                  show (new | replace | embed ) 'new'
                  actuate (user | auto ) 'user'
                  xlink CDATA #FIXED 'simple'
                  e-dtype NMTOKEN #FIXED 'string'
                  a-dtype NMTOKENS 'href uri' >

<!ELEMENT form (script)*>
<!ATTLIST form %attrs; %coreattrs; %i18n; %events;
                  action %uri; #REQUIRED
                  enctype %contenttype; "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
                  method  %methodtype; 'get' #REQUIRED
                  accept %contenttypes; #IMPLIED
                  name CDATA #IMPLIED
                  onsubmit %script; #IMPLIED
                  onreset %script; #IMPLIED
                  accept-charset %charsets; #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT loginform (label,button)>
<!ATTLIST loginform action CDATA #REQUIRED
                  target CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!-- 
===============
End header group 
===============
-->

The error is:
"entity substitution failed - Well-formedness failed: expecting %"
at <!ATTLIST form

**Gav** · 13th May 2005, 12:56

Hi,

I cant see the error , but then I'm not really a DTD expert.

But if you goto:

http://xmlvalidation.com/

And in the validation text box add something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "test.dtd">

and hit validate it will ask you for your DTD file and will validate it, it may shed some light.

Regards
Gav

**diades** · 13th May 2005, 14:52

Thanks Gav

I tried it but no good, it just keeps going in circles asking me to upload or copy the files without doing anything else

**Gav** · 13th May 2005, 15:13

Hi,

I will test it out, I know in the past it has been a little catchy, something to do with having to hit refresh on each new document, else it maintains the old one. Also I paste the contents in rather than use the file upload.

For the first document I entered :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "test.dtd">

It asks me for the DTD referenced in the xml, so I paste your code into the box and click validate.

I get back the following report:

Code:

Errors in file test.dtd: 
 66: 23 The attribute type is required in the declaration of attribute "lang" for element "form". 

test.dtd
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
2  
3 <!ENTITY % uri "CDATA"> 
4 <!ENTITY % script "CDATA"> 
5 <!ENTITY % stylesheet "CDATA"> 
6 <!ENTITY % text "CDATA"> 
7 <!ENTITY % languagecode "NAME" > 
8 <!ENTITY % coreattrs 
9          "id ID #IMPLIED 
10           class CDATA #IMPLIED 
11           style %stylesheet; #IMPLIED 
12           title %text; #IMPLIED" > 
13 <!ENTITY % i18n 
14          "lang %languagecode; #IMPLIED 
15           dir (ltr|rtl) #IMPLIED" > 
16 <!ENTITY % events 
17          "onclick     %script; #IMPLIED 
18           ondblclick  %script; #IMPLIED 
19           onmousedown %script; #IMPLIED 
20           onmouseup   %script; #IMPLIED 
21           onmouseover %script; #IMPLIED 
22           onmousemove %script; #IMPLIED 
23           onmouseout  %script; #IMPLIED 
24           onkeypress  %script; #IMPLIED 
25           onkeydown   %script; #IMPLIED 
26           onkeyup     %script; #IMPLIED" > 
27 <!ENTITY % attrs "%coreattrs; %i18n; %events;"> 
28 <!ENTITY % contenttype "CDATA" > 
29 <!ENTITY % contenttypes "CDATA" > 
30 <!ENTITY % charset "CDATA" > 
31 <!ENTITY % charsets "CDATA" > 
32 <!ENTITY % methodtype '(get|post)'> 
33  
34 <!ELEMENT script (%script;)> 
35 <!ATTLIST script 
36                   charset %charset; #IMPLIED 
37                   type %contenttype; #REQUIRED 
38                   src %uri; #IMPLIED 
39                   defer (defer) #IMPLIED 
40                   event CDATA #IMPLIED 
41                   for %uri; #IMPLIED > 
42 <!ELEMENT forumhome (header)> 
43 <!--  
44 =============== 
45 Start header group  
46 =============== 
47 --> 
48 <!ELEMENT header (logo_section,navigation_section)> 
49 <!-- ========================== --> 
50 <!ELEMENT logo_section (logo,logo_right)> 
51 <!-- ************************************** --> 
52 <!ELEMENT logo EMPTY> 
53 <!ELEMENT logo_right (#PCDATA)> 
54 <!-- ========================== --> 
55 <!ELEMENT navigation_section (forum_location_section,form)> 
56 <!ELEMENT forum_location_section (location_link)*> 
57 <!ELEMENT location_link (#PCDATA)> 
58 <!ATTLIST location_link  href CDATA #REQUIRED 
59                   show (new | replace | embed ) 'new' 
60                   actuate (user | auto ) 'user' 
61                   xlink CDATA #FIXED 'simple' 
62                   e-dtype NMTOKEN #FIXED 'string' 
63                   a-dtype NMTOKENS 'href uri' > 
64  
65 <!ELEMENT form (script)*> 
66 <!ATTLIST form %attrs; %coreattrs; %i18n; %events; 
67                   action %uri; #REQUIRED 
68                   enctype %contenttype; "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 
69                   method  %methodtype; 'get' #REQUIRED 
70                   accept %contenttypes; #IMPLIED 
71                   name CDATA #IMPLIED 
72                   onsubmit %script; #IMPLIED 
73                   onreset %script; #IMPLIED 
74                   accept-charset %charsets; #IMPLIED> 
75  
76 <!ELEMENT loginform (label,button)> 
77 <!ATTLIST loginform action CDATA #REQUIRED 
78                   target CDATA #IMPLIED> 
79 <!--  
80 =============== 
81 End header group  
82 =============== 
83 -->

indicating the error : 66: 23 The attribute type is required in the declaration of attribute "lang" for element "form".

Which would indicate line 66 char 23 in DTD file.

Hope that helps.

I wonder if it is a browser thing with xmlvalidation.com, I used IE6 sp2 to get that result.

Regards
Gav

**caislander** · 13th May 2005, 15:32

Keith,

That error may be refering to this section

Code:

<!ENTITY % i18n
         "lang %languagecode; #IMPLIED
          xml:lang    %LanguageCode; #IMPLIED
          dir (ltr|rtl) #IMPLIED" >

as I posted in the other thread my notes said that was a required, so see if maybe it helps

**diades** · 13th May 2005, 23:42

Hi Guys

It is referring to this section: "lang %languagecode; #IMPLIED
and %languagecode; is:
<!ENTITY % language_code "NAME" >
Lord knows where that came from, it should be:
<!ENTITY % language_code "NMTOKEN" >