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Re: deterministic content model?

• From: Marcus Carr <mrc@a...>
• To: Gary Stephenson <garys@i...>
• Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:09:32 +1000

Gary Stephenson wrote:

> What about this one? ( from test ibm45v01.xml )
>
>   <!ELEMENT unique. (b|(b,unique))>
>
> Is this non-deterministic?

Nope. It should be rewritten as (b, unique?).

>   Does it matter whether the element is actually
> instantiated within the document (which in this particular case it is not.)

No it doesn't - the error occurs when the DTD is evaluated, prior to the
instance being processed.


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