either directly or indirectly. [ WFC: Entity Declared ] In a document without any DTD, a document with only an internal DTD subset which contains no parameter entity references, or a document with "standalone='yes'", ... ... The declaration of a parameter entity must precede any reference to it... [ VC: Entity Declared ] In a document with an external subset or external parameter entities with "standalone='no'", ... ... The declaration of a parameter entity must precede any reference to it... [ WFC: In DTD ] Parameter-entity references may only appear in the DTD. NOTE: misleading but this is handled. A PEReference may have been detected in the current input stream the handling is done accordingly to http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#entproc i.e. Included in literal in entity values Included as Parameter Entity reference within DTDs N)