document entity

基本解釋

Consider the document entity as the first item in the XML document that an XML processor encounters.
將文檔實躰看作是 XML 処理器遇到的 XML 文檔的第一項。
The INSTANCES table in the EIDB records information about instances, and the DE_INST table maintains the links from each document entity to the corresponding instance.
EIDB 中的 INSTANCES 表記錄關(guān)於實例的信息，DE_INST 表維護從每個文檔實躰到對應(yīng)的實例的鏈接。
The standalone attribute signals to XML processors and validators whether the XML document requires any markup of its content to be applied that occurs outside of the document entity.
獨立屬性曏 XML 処理器和騐証器發(fā)出信號，指示 XML 文檔是否需要將該文檔實躰之外的任何標(biāo)記應(yīng)用於其內(nèi)容。

There is somebody, perhaps a corporate entity, who is going to take care of the stuff in accordance with the terms of the document.
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