> I just attended a briefing about XML. One of the things
> that struck me was, if I understand the presenter, DTD
> thinks the world is flat. Is it possible for DTD to describe
> elements of the same name but have different meaning?
>
> Consider the following:
>
> <NAME>
> <FIRST>Sam</FIRST>
> <LAST>Blackburn</LAST>
> </NAME>
> <ROUTE>
> <FIRST>99.409</FIRST>
> <LAST>2091.7785</LAST>
> </ROUTE>
>
> Is it possible in DTD to say that NAME.FIRST is a string
> and ROUTE.FIRST is a number?
It's not possible for the DTD to say anything about character-data,
except that it's allowed or forbidden. Data typing is not part of XML
1.0 DTDs (though there is some very crude typing for attribute
values).
All the best,
David
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