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Re: [xml-dev] XML jargon: declaration vs. definition

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To: mihaiu@mihaiu.name
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML jargon: declaration vs. definition
From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:06:26 -0500
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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mihaiu@mihaiu.name wrote:

> 
> <!ELEMENT value (#PCDATA)>
> <!ATTLIST value year CDATA #IMPLIED>
> 
>         Is this a declaration or a definition ? In Java/C++ there is a clear
> distinction between declaration and definition. How about XML ?

It's a declaration.

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