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Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] what's the value of the document type declaration?
In terms of transformation, it also provides any default attribute values. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@mindspring.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:54 PM > To: docbook apps list > Subject: [docbook-apps] what's the value of the document type > declaration? > > > > got into a discussion last night with someone discussing > docbook transformation (being the party animal that i am), > and the question arose as to the value of the document type > declaration at the top of the XML file. you know: > > <!DOCTYPE book ... blah blah ...> > > while the declaration is, of course, useful for validation, > it doesn't technically play a part in the actual transformation. > > i pointed out the one value that it includes all of the extra > entities, so that you can use things like ℵ and ⊕, > and so on. > > but beyond the inclusion of the addition entities, is there > some other value for the declaration? just curious. > > rday > > -- > > Robert P. J. Day > Eno River Technologies > Unix, Linux and Open Source training > Waterloo, Ontario > > www.enoriver.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: > docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > >
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