Suppose you wrote the text for your help volume in three files named file1, file2, and file3, plus a fourth file containing your <metainfo> ...</metainfo> section. You could include them in your volume.htg file like this:
<!entity MetaInformation FILE "metainfo"> <!entity MyFirstFile FILE "file1"> <!entity MySecondFile FILE "file2"> <!entity MyThirdFile FILE "file3"> &MetaInformation; <hometopic> My Home Title Welcome to my application's help volume. &MyFirstFile; &MySecondFile; &MyThirdFile;