Re: [xml-dev] Use DTDs!

[John Cowan <johnwcowan@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

<!ELEMENT altitude (#PCDATA)>

<!ATTLIST altitude
             units (feet|meters) #REQUIRED>

The unofficial compact syntax for XSD <http://dret.net/projects/xscs> is even simpler:

element altitude { (xs:string)

    required attribute units {"feet", "meters"}

}

XSD has plenty of problems, but it shouldn't be blamed for the verboseness of XML as a language notation.

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