<!DOCTYPE foo [
<!ENTITY Jane "<employee>\n
\t<name> Jane </name>\n
\t<title>Software Design Engineer</title>\n
</employee>">
]>
<foo xml:space="preserve">&Jane;</foo>
假定 preserveWhiteSpace=false(在 DOCTYPE 标记范围内),在分析实体时不重要的空白字符丢失。实体将不会有空白字符节点。树将类似于:
DOCTYPE foo
ENTITY: Jane
ELEMENT: employee
ELEMENT: name
TEXT: Jane
ELEMENT: title
TEXT>:Software Design Engineer
ELEMENT: foo
ATTRIBUTE: xml:space="preserve"
ENTITYREF: Jane