Dearest Tod,
On Wednesday 30 January 2002 22:58, Tod Harter wrote:
> > You could put them in a dtd file and have DOCTYPE include that file. I
> > wouldn't do that personally because I hate Doctype declarations and the
> > such, as well as entities. Alternatives could include 1) using XInclude,
> > 2) using XSLT's (or whatever else supports that) document() function to
> > swallow them in, 3) putting part of that data in the XSLT file, which is
> > what I do for navigation structure most of the time these days (you can
> > then access the structure from document('')).
>
> I think I just love to argue with Robin, but IMHO there is nothing wrong
> with DOCTYPE at all...
All I said was "I wouldn't do that personally because I hate Doctype
declarations and the such, as well as entities." I made no technical, moral,
or political statement that it was wrong. I just think it SBDC [1]. I don't
like them, I wish they were kicked out of XML 2.0, but then I don't get to
decide, and I'm happy with other people using them in the same way that I'm
happy with other people using Java or VB.
> It defines the SCHEMA for the document, IE what its
> structure should be
Albeit in a lousy way compare to modern solutions such as Schematron or
RelaxNG.
> As to it being a maintenance headache. I'm not sure. If you change your
> doctype you would essentially be changing the syntax of your document.
Yes and no. Does the syntax of your document change if you relocate
/sidebar.xml to /includes/sidebar.xml ? I don't think it does. But in this
case you need to update all the other files, which imho is a maintance
headache.
Imho that's why having the location of included files pointed to from a
single place and not a dozen is better.
[1] if you don't know that acronym, I'm afraid I'll have to let you guess, or
ask Mike who coined it.
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