Definitions for "External entity"
Keywords:  sgml, chapters, parsable, xml, markup
From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 ( 2004-02-04) If the entity is not internal, it is an external entity, declared as follows
From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 ( 2000-10-06) If the entity is not internal, it is an external entity, declared as follows
An entity that exists as an external XML file, which is included in the XML document using an entity reference.
a source or destination of a data flow which is outside the area of study
A source or recipient of data outside the system boundary – e.g. Customer Service Rep, Bank, Account Manager