Yes, you can also change the sequence of the elements, number of
occurrences, etc. in the DTD, but if the element is declared as a mandatory
element in the DTD, the tag must be present, whether or not it contains data
is irrelevant.
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From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 3:20 PM
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Subject: Re: Empty data, tags and XML
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The tag is mandatory if the document is being validated against a DTD. In
> that case you can use the empty element tag ex. <DATE/>
>
Actually in a DTD one can specify an optional element (DATE?,TIME?,PLACE).
Jonathan Borden
The Open Healthcare Group
http://www.openhealth.org
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