Re: [xml-dev] Use DTDs!
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Costello, Roger L. <[email protected]> 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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