Betty, I believe you.
Thx for your help.
Dan
>From: "Betty L. Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Zhong-Dan LAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: DTD question
>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:42:43 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>Trust me, they are wrong. Just doing a cursory look at the questions
>and their answers, that isn't the only question they have wrong!
>
>If you want to write XML DTD's I would recommend the book "Structuring XML
>Documents" by David Megginson. This is an older book but is a good
>resource for XML DTD's. Dave has many years of experience in developing
>XML and is the original author of SAX. I would be a little bit leery of
>learning how to develop DTD's from on-line sources. I have seen many
>wrong examples and I have seen 'standard' DTD's for major organizations
>that are wrong and won't parse.
>
>I have also picked up many XML books that have had wrong code.
>
>Betty
>
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>On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Zhong-Dan LAN wrote:
>
> > Thx for your response.
> >
> > I agree with you. I think a) is the only correct answer among the three.
>But
> > the solution that I found from javaranch is a) and c). Go to
> > http://www.javaranch.com/xml/XML_DTD.htm, it is the question 3).
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > >From: "Betty L. Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: Zhong-Dan LAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: DTD question
> > >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:22:57 -0400 (EDT)
> > >
> > >
> > >I don't know what you want to do, but only a
> > >correct answer.
> > >
> > >C is not correct because your element declaration is outside
> > >the document declaration subset. Your DOCTYPE element has to
> > >match your root element. In C your root element is called
> > >'test.dtd'.
> > >
> > >I think what want is:
> > >
> > ><!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "test.dtd" [
> > >
> > ><!ELEMENT test (#PCDATA|elm1|elm2)* >
> > >
> > ><!ELEMENT elm1 (#PCDATA)>
> > ><!ELEMENT elm2 (#PCDATA)>
> > >
> > >]>
> > >
> > >Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >Betty
> > >
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> > >
> > >On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Zhong-Dan LAN wrote:
> > >
> > > > I found the following question:
> > > >
> > > > 3. Which of the following code is valid?
> > > >
> > > > a)<!DOCTYPE test [ <!ELEMENT test (#PCDATA)>]>
> > > > b)<!DOCTYPE test [ <!ELEMENT test.dtd (elm1|elm2|#PCDATA) >]>
> > > > c)<!DOC
> > >TYPE test [ <!ELEMENT test.dtd (#PCDATA|elm1|elm2)* >]>
> > > > <!ELEMENT elm1 (#PCDATA)>
> > > > <!ELEMENT elm2 (#PCDATA)>
> > > > d)<!DOCTYPE test [ <!ELEMENT test test (#PCDATA)>]>
> > > > e)<!DOCTYPE test [ <!ELEMENT test "test" (#PCDATA)>]>
> > > >
> > > > Answer is a) and c). But I think a) is the only
> > > > correct choice, because the declaration should start from the
> > > > root element test.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone can help me out?
> > > >
> > > > Thx.
> > > >
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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