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Re: DTD parser in c#

• To: Jeff Rafter <lists@j...>
• Subject: Re: DTD parser in c#
• From: Michelle Tan <tjtan79@s...>
• Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:13:25 +0800
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
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Hi Jeff,
Would you mind sharing documentation on SAX.Net? Sorry for inconvenience.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Rafter" <lists@j...>
To: "Michelle Tan" <tjtan79@s...>
Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:44 AM
Subject: Re:  DTD parser in c#


> > I need a DTD parser to parse the element in the DTD and match with the
> DAML
> > (ontology file). According to your expertise experience, will SAX.NET
help
> > me in this issue? Thanks for your reply.
>
> Yes and no. What SAX will give you is a standard way to list all of the
> declarations in a DTD without having to write your parser-- which is
tough.
> It will also expand all of the parameter entities for you. Ultimately
> though, you will still have a lot of work to do with SAX. You will
probably
> have to do something like :
>
> (1) Set up a DeclHandler on the SAX XMLReader.
>
> (2) Record all of the items from ElementDecl, AttributeDecl, etc. events
> into a Hashtable or Dictionary.
>
> (3) As you encounter a DAML element match it using a lookup in the
Hashtable
> or Dictionary.
>
> In this respect, you are not saving much over using the DOM-- and still
have
> at least some amount of work to do. However, in SAX you do have more
options
> for providing your own DTD for a specific file (e.g., getExternalSubset,
> InputSource)
>
> All the best,
> Jeff
>

• References:
  • Re: DTD questions
    • From: richard@c... (Richard Tobin)
  • DTD parser in c#
    • From: Michelle Tan <tjtan79@s...>
  • Re: DTD parser in c#
    • From: "Jeff Rafter" <lists@j...>
  • Re: DTD parser in c#
    • From: "Jeff Rafter" <lists@j...>

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