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Bug 322539

Summary:	XML editor doesn't handle document in multiple files
Product:	[WebTools] WTP Source Editing	Reporter:	Rainer Klute <rainer.klute>
Component:	wst.xml	Assignee:	wst.xml <wst.xml-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Nick Sandonato <nsand.dev>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	rainer.klute
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Rainer Klute

2010-08-12 10:37:24 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100218-1602

In XML is is perfectly legal to separate out an XML fragment into a separate file B.xml and include it via an entity reference in the main document A.xml. However, I cannot use the WTP XML editor for syntax-driven editing of the fragment, since the editor does not seem to know that B.xml is part of A.xml and should be considered in the context of its environment by taking into account the DOCTYPE definition of A.xml and the position in the XML tree where B.xml is included.

If it is too hard to detect the dependency between A.xml and B.xml, some external hints could help. For example, Emacs with PSGML does this with a special instruction saying the A.xml is the parent document of B.xml and telling the editor the position of inclusion &#8211; see http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~fouvry/how-do-I.html (search for "fragments").

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
n/a