Mar 05
When I use XML, I tend to find myself inventing my own DTD which specifically suits my purposes, and then (when desirable) I use an XSLT transform to produce the ’standard’ format. This is usually because the standard does not support a set of features which I desire. The downside to this is obvious.
However, many DTDs (such as this one) provide extensibility through parameter entries, something I’m still not 100% clear on. Also, I may be able to use namespaces for this as well — I need to read more about this. Hmm, I wonder, are namespaced nodes not considered in the validation of outer elements?
Also, I wish xsltproc supported the Xalan-like feature of allowing the ability to override the location of DTDs by public identifier.
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