General Entity References

• An abbreviation for commonly used or hard to type text

• Begin with an ampersand and end with a semicolon

  α
  "
  &copyright;
  &signature;
  
  

• Declared in a <!ENTITY> declaration

  <!ENTITY copyright "Copyright 2000">   
  <!ENTITY quot """>   
  <!ENTITY signature 
    "<SIGNATURE>
       <COPYRIGHT>2000 Elliotte Rusty Harold</COPYRIGHT>
       <EMAIL>elharo@metalab.unc.edu</EMAIL>
       <LAST_MODIFIED>March 10, 2000</LAST_MODIFIED>
     </SIGNATURE>"
  >