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In addition to defining directories to search for imports and includes, you can add a CatalogManager.properties file to the DAFFODIL_CLASSPATH to direct Daffodil to a relative path location of a user XML Catalog. For information on the CatalogManager.properties file, vist visit the following website:
http://xerces.apache.org/xml-commons/components/resolver/tips.html#properties
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