I have a situation where I do not control the XML files I am reading in so they may not have a DocType declaration in them. However, I do have access to the DTD that I want the documents I'm working with to conform to. Is there a way to tell the parser to validate the documents it parses using a default DTD or to force validation with a given DTD? For example, something like: parser.setDefaultDTD( "mydtd.dtd" ); parser.parser( myInputSource ); Any ideas on how I could do this? Thanks, Scott -==================================================- Scott DeWitt IBM WebSphere Transcoding Publisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] (919) 486.1919 t/l 526.1919 -==================================================- --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]