Known HTML Character Entity Reference, with Custom External Subset

Note: An external subset entity referenced from this document by SYSTEM identifier declares the copy general entity.

Test

© is rendered as

©

© is rendered as

©

The innerHTML of the list above is:

About the first dd element:

• [There is no child.]

Expected Result

Conforming XHTML 1.0 User Agent

Both references are treated as COPYRIGHT SIGNs.

Conforming XHTML Family User Agent

The character reference (later) is treated as a COPYRIGHT SIGN.

A user agent that reads external entities will treat the entity reference (former) as a COPYRIGHT SIGN.

A user agent that does not read the external entity in which the entity declaration for the general entity copy will render it as a sequence of six characters: ©.

Discussion

See a SuikaWiki article on entity references in XHTML documents.