Re: accessing the DTD

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 99/09/01 12:48 -0500, Larry Mason wrote:
> I would like to produce comboboxes or radio buttons based on the list of valid
> values for an attribute.  My DTD has the valid values but I can't seem to get
> access to the set.  I can get to the active value of the attribute only.

That is correct ... you can only get access to an attribute's specified or 
defaulted value (and you can't tell which it is, they both "look" the same 
in the data model).

> I've checked the FAQ, the draft and various other links but can't find the
> magic.  Thoughts anyone?

In Annex F of XSLT you will see the wish list includes "support for DTDs in 
the Data Model" which is what you want.

............ Ken

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