Re: DOCBOOK: Uniq values of "ID" attributes

On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 06:49:33PM -0700, Dave Pawson wrote:
> >In DocBook DTD "idref" attributes point to "id" which must exist, right?
> 
> Yes, at parse time.
> 
> > It's possible to add element, which will control situation when "id" not exist in current edition ? "id" may be visible after join of documents.
> 
> No. Its an error if the id does not exist at parse time.

AFAIK this a generic SGML issue.  If you have IDREFs refering to
unexisting IDs your doc is not valid, whatever DTD you use.

Regards,
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