DTD – Entities

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To define shortcuts to special characters, the entities are used which can be declared either internal or external. There are three parts of an entity:

  • An ampersand (&)
  • An entity name
  • A semicolon (;)

An Internal Entity Declaration:

Syntax:

Example:

DTD Example:

XML example:

&writer;©right;

An External Entity Declaration:

Syntax:

Example:

DTD Example:

XML example:

&writer;©right;