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> Re: "one of the weakest things about DTDs is that a > document is considered valid if it meets the > sender's criteria, whether or not it meets > the recipient's" > > Michael, is that a fair criticism of DTDs per se? It's a criticism of their role within the architecture. When I parse a document, I want it to be valid against the DTD that describes my expectations, I don't care whether it's valid against the DTD that the document itself nominates. But of course the DTD also contains things that belong with the document, like entities; so yes, it's a criticism of DTDs per se. And I fully agree with Henry: this is one thing that XML Schema got right. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@n... work: Michael.Kay@s...
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