RE: Can data be controlled with XSL?

["Mary P McRae" <sgmlgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Dan Hable wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to create a system for authors to create documents. I've made
> > the DTD and the authors have keyed in the data for documents. I wanted
> > to validate the document using the authors name. There is only a limited
> > set of data that can be in the author's name field. Is it possible,
> > using XSL, to go into a database and pull a name out, check the data and
> > then continue processing if the data is valid.
>
It sounds like what you really want to do is validate this at creation time
(using valid XML). You can do this by creating an attribute on the name
element with a choice list:

<!ATTLIST author
          name    (Jones|Smith|Brown)  #REQUIRED >

Depending on the editing tool, it should force the user to choose one of the
valid names from the selection list; or, if you're using a text editor,
would be checked upon parsing.

Mary

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