Re: dtd

["John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:42 PM 09/14/2000 -0400, xsl list wrote:
> I am writing the dtd of an XML file that contains special tags, based on 
> HTML tags. For example, the XSL generates <table> from <my_table>. 
> <my_table> takes any attribute valid for the html <table>. How can I 
> declare such an element, my_table, in the dtd?
> Is there a way to do that without having to write down all possible 
> <table> attributes one by one? are these defined somewhere in an ent where 
> I can use them?

I don't know if it's ready for prime time yet, but the XHTML 1.1 Working 
Draft calls for "modules" -- chunks of the XHTML DTD that can be 
incorporated into other applications in the way I think you want. There's 
one for forms, one for images, etc., including one for tables. See:
   http://web3.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-xhtml-modularization-20000105/xhtml_modules.html#sec_4.6

You might want to ask about its status on the XHTML-L list. See:
   http://www.egroups.com/group/XHTML-L
for subscription and other info.

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