Re: [xml-dev] Newbie question:DTD problem(#PCDATA)

[Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>]

>Changing to from "+" to "*" makes bio contain zero or more
>#PCDATA/footnote. In this case, neither #PCDAT nor footnote is required
>for bio. And that violates my original design. Therefore, I don't think
>"*" will make them equvalent from my understanding. So, what I actualy
>try to achieve is to let bio at least have one element:#PCDATA or
>footnote. Could you help me to clearify that? Thanks!!

There's no way to enforce that with a DTD.  Using * is the best you
can do.

-- Richard