On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 06:49:33PM -0700, Dave Pawson wrote: > >In DocBook DTD "idref" attributes point to "id" which must exist, right? > > Yes, at parse time. > > > It's possible to add element, which will control situation when "id" not exist in >current edition ? "id" may be visible after join of documents. > > No. Its an error if the id does not exist at parse time.
AFAIK this a generic SGML issue. If you have IDREFs refering to unexisting IDs your doc is not valid, whatever DTD you use. Regards, -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.alcove.com/ Technical support manager Responsable de l'assistance technique Senior Free-Software Consultant Consultant senior en Logiciels Libres Debian developer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) D�veloppeur Debian
