Re: How to get the 1st element in DTDD

[Marcus Carr <mrc@allette.com.au>]

Murali Mani wrote:

> If I design something, I will prohibit this -- now how does a validator
> know the child elements of the document root element???

By reading the entire DTD and (conceptually) disregarding any declarations that it
doesn't require in order to process from the root element down. I feel as though I
must be missing something in your question...


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