Definitions for "Entity reference"
From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 ( 2004-02-04) An entity reference refers to the content of a named entity.
From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 ( 2000-10-06) An entity reference refers to the content of a named entity.
Use of an entity name preceded by an ampersand (&) and followed by a semicolon (;) that indicates to HelpTag that the entity is to be inserted where the entity name appears. See also entity and entity declaration.
Keywords:  ascii, sgml, sequence, character, acute
See Escape Sequence.
a group of characters used in text as a substitute for another group of characters
A sequence of ASCII characters of the form &name; representing some other data, typically a non-ASCII character, a sequence of characters, or an external source of data, e.g. a file containing a set of standard entity definitions such as ISO Latin 1.
an abbreviation for an entity
a place holder, typically an abbreviation that refers to something longer, whether a complete name or an entire file
an identifier that distinguishes between different consumer instances of the same type