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Re: Define a root in a DTD
- From: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@propylon.com>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:04:37 +0100
At 17:31 26/06/2001 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:
>The root element is always the one that
>does not appear in the content model of any other element
>type.
<!DOCTYPE foo [
<!ELEMENT foo (foo?)>
]>
<foo>
</foo>
:-)
Seriously though, any element in a DTD can be the root of a document.
Many DTDs have an element type that is typically the root but XML does
not enforce "rootness". Some DTDs make explicit use of this fact e.g.
Docbook.
Sean