Well-Behaved Parameter Entities

This entity rules out things like:

<!ENTITY % p1 "(A|B">
<!ENTITY % p2 "|C|D)">
<!ELEMENT X %p1;%p2;>

This makes life easier for people who write XML editors and other authoring software tools; managing parameter entities is tough enough for these people without having them spill all over the place.

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