Open XML in Word 2003

[JustinEzequiel]

I get Reference to undefined entity 'foo'
when trying to open this file in MS Word 2003

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE people_list SYSTEM "example.dtd">
<people_list>
  <person>
    <name test="&foo;">Fred &lt;&gt;</name>
    <birthdate>27&foo;2008</birthdate>
    <gender>Male&quot;&amp;&apos;</gender>
  </person>
</people_list>

where example.dtd is

<!ELEMENT people_list (person*)>
<!ELEMENT person (name, birthdate?, gender?, socialsecuritynumber?)>
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT birthdate (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT socialsecuritynumber (#PCDATA)>

<!ENTITY foo "&#38;#60;&#62;">

I can however open the following XML in Word
which seems to indicate that Word ignores entity declarations in an external DTD file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE people_list [
<!ENTITY foo "&#38;#60;&#62;">
]>
<people_list>
  <person>
    <name test="&foo;">Fred &lt;&gt;</name>
    <birthdate>27&foo;2008</birthdate>
    <gender>Male&quot;&amp;&apos;</gender>
  </person>
</people_list>

so dear helpful people, is there a way I can get the first XML file to open in MS Word 2003?