Subject: Re: XSL FO DTD problems From: "James Tauber" <jtauber@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:02:36 +0800 |
> The DTD in the XSL (FO) spec is not actually a complete nor a valid DTD. We > used (SGML) DTD-syntax to describe 2 things: > 1.) The containment rules (How the tree is [may be] organized.) > 2.) Where properties were USED in the tree. > > To be a proper DTD for validating the FO-Tree, it would be necessary to > change item 2 to be where properties may be supplied (specified) in the tree. As a consumer of the spec, I would judge the existing DTD in the spec to be principally for the benefit of implementors rather than stylesheet authors or parsers (whether XML or SGML). In developing FOP, I found it *highly* useful as a formal reference for the two items that Stephen Deach has described above. James XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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