[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: Does DTD validation work with namespaces?

  • From: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>
  • To: James Robertson <jamesr@s...>
  • Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 07:41:05 -0400

anatole france cowan
/ James Robertson <jamesr@s...> was heard to say:
| Isn't the issue that namespaces allow you
| to mix information from a number of sources,
| however you see fit? Every document can have
| different elements, and yet still be considered
| OK according to well-formed and namespace rules ...
| 
| How do we handle _this_ behaviour, and still
| make some use of DTDs?

The only way that I'd consider such a document valid is if the (set of)
DTDs in question all referred to each other. I would expect the content
models of each DTD to specifically allow the mixtures. For example,
a DocBook+MathML DTD might allow:

  <!ELEMENT equation (alt?, (graphic+|mediaobject+|mml:math+))>

But to say that you can mix them "willy nilly" violates the principals
of validity at their core.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman.Walsh@E... | The wonder is, not that the field of stars
XML Technology Center     | is so vast, but that man has measured
Sun Microsystems, Inc.    | it.--Anatole France

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
 

Stylus Studio has published XML-DEV in RSS and ATOM formats, enabling users to easily subcribe to the list from their preferred news reader application.


Stylus Studio Sponsored Links are added links designed to provide related and additional information to the visitors of this website. they were not included by the author in the initial post. To view the content without the Sponsor Links please click here.

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.