RE: DTD Files !

Subject: RE: DTD Files !
From: Eileen Kinley <e.kinley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:54:32 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Carlisle [SMTP:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:56 AM
> To:	xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: DTD Files !
> 
> 
> > Although if you wanted to restrict the xml author to a certain
> > schema, you really could not do it without the DTD.
> 
> Why on earth not?
> You just change the instructions and/or tools slightly.
	[<ek>]  Instructions are not always followed. Some existing tools
will provide feedback to the author *automatically* if they create an
invalid structure. 

> Rather than use a DTD and a validating parser, you use a non validating
> parser and arrange that every document has to go through a validating
> XSL stylesheet. 
	[<ek>]  Typically *outside* of their authoring environment - much
less efficient.
> You can do far more checks in XSL than you can do in a
> DTD.
> 
Eileen

Eileen Kinley
Calian
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