Oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Missing entity 'nsim' Exception

Question

Hi All,
Can anyone tell me what could be the reason for the following parsing exception?
oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Missing entity 'nsim'.
     at java.lang.Throwable.fillInStackTrace(Native Method)
     at java.lang.Throwable.fillInStackTrace(Compiled Code)
     at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Compiled Code)
     at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Compiled Code)
     at org.xml.sax.SAXException.<init>(SAXException.java:45)
     at org.xml.sax.SAXParseException.<init>(SAXParseException.java:116)
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException.<init>(XMLParseException.java:62)
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLError.flushErrors(Compiled Code)
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(Compiled Code)
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.util.xml.XMLHelper.parse(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.util.xml.XMLHelper.parse(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.util.xml.XMLHelper.parse(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.cds.xml.XMLDocManagement.PublicationInformation(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.cds.promis.FetchPublicationXML.getPublicationXML(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.cds.promis.NewPromisData.processPublications(Compiled Code)
     at com.elsevier.cds.promis.NewPromisData.<init>(NewPromisData.java:152)
     at com.elsevier.cds.promis.NewPromisData.main(NewPromisData.java:451)
XML parse error in file com.elsevier.cds.promis:/PubID=623277
at line 382, character 40
Missing entity 'nsim'.
Thanks,
Raghu

Answer 1

Is an Entity used in the xml document and not defined in the document?