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   Re: A DTD puzzle: Need clarification

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  • From: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: Jerry Howard <jhoward@requisite.com>, xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
  • Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:20:12 +0100

> <!ELEMENT NAME ( (FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME) | FIRSTNAME | LASTNAME)>

The trouble with this is that it's not deterministic.  When you
get a FIRSTNAME, which one is it?

This is a deterministic version:

<!ELEMENT NAME ( (FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME?) | LASTNAME)>

-- Richard

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