Name

No Recursion

Text from specification

A parsed entity must not contain a recursive reference to itself, either directly or indirectly.

Explanation

Be careful how you structure your entities; make sure you don’t inadvertently create a circular reference:

<!ENTITY a "&b;">
<!ENTITY b "&c;">
<!ENTITY c "&a;"> <!--wrong!-->

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