Re: [xml-dev] Deterministic content models???

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John Evdemon <>
To
, Andrew Dubinsky <>
Date
2002-08-06T22:15:53Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Deterministic content models???
On 6 Aug 2002 at 16:19, Andrew Dubinsky wrote:

> I received the following error when I parse an xml document:
> 
> >> The content model must be deterministic. Multiple definition of
> element 'DATA' causes content model to become ambiguous. 
> 
> Here is the element in question:
> 
> <!ELEMENT SMART_DOCUMENT (HEADER , (DATA , VIEW*) , AUDIT_TRAIL ,
> SIGNATURES?)> <!ELEMENT DATA (MAIN , MAP? , CUSTOM?)>
> 
> Can someone be kind enough to explain me why this is not a valid DTD? 
> 
This is strange - the error message seems to be incorrect.  What parser are you using?  Can you post a copy of the full DTD?