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<span class="PROGRAMLISTING"><pre><strong class="userinput">&lt;!NOTATION </strong><var class="replaceable">notation_name</var> <strong class="userinput">SYSTEM "</strong><var class="replaceable">system-literal</var><strong class="userinput">"&gt;</strong>
<strong class="userinput">&lt;!NOTATION </strong><var class="replaceable">notation_name</var> <strong class="userinput">PUBLIC "</strong><var class="replaceable">pubid-literal</var><strong class="userinput">"&gt;</strong>
<strong class="userinput">&lt;!NOTATION </strong><var class="replaceable">notation_name</var>
<strong class="userinput">PUBLIC "</strong><var class="replaceable">pubid-literal</var><strong class="userinput">" "</strong><var class="replaceable">system-literal</var><strong class="userinput">"&gt;</strong></pre></span>
<p> Notation declarations are used to
provide information to an XML application about the format of the
document's unparsed content. Notations are used by
unparsed external entities, processing instructions, and some
attribute values.</p>

<p>Notation information is not significant to the XML parser, but it is
preserved for use by the client application. The public and system
identifiers are made available to the client application so that it
may correctly interpret non-XML data and processing instructions.</p>
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