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Re: DTD Notation



On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Rod Davison wrote:
> <!ELEMENT Test2 (ItemA, ItemB?, (ItemC)*)>
> 
> In this particular example, as far as I am aware, these paras around itemC 
> are redundant although I have heard rumours that withou the para, some 
> parsers get... shall we say, confused.  Anyone else have some real experience 
> instead of my speculation?

Yes, they're redundant. Any parser that trips on their absence
is broken and should not be used.

///Peter