I'm having problems with a DTD that is a modified version of an example in
the W3 schools DTD tutorial.
Problem is WDSC and the only on-line validator I can find both say it is
invalid and I cannot for the life of me see why.
Apologies if there is a dumb mistake in this - I've tried so many version
now ...
<!DOCTYPE Tools[
<!ELEMENT Tools (Product+)>
<!ELEMENT Product ( #PCDATA , Description , Quantity? , SellPrice ) >
<!ELEMENT Quantity ( #PCDATA ) >
<!ELEMENT SellPrice ( #PCDATA ) >
]>
<Tools>
<Product>00020
<Description>This is the description </Description>
<SellPrice> 20.00 </SellPrice>
</Product>
<Product>00001
<Description>A Christmas gift </Description>
<SellPrice>95.00</SellPrice>
<Quantity> 125 </Quantity>
</Product>
</Tools>
What this should represent is that there are multiple Products each of which
contains PCDATA plus a Description, Price and an optional Quantity.
If I change this line:
<!ELEMENT Product ( #PCDATA , Description , Quantity? , SellPrice ) >
To this:
<!ELEMENT Product ( #PCDATA | Description | Quantity? | SellPrice )* >
Then it validates and WDSC accepts it - but is seems such a kluge to me and
I suspect results in more elements being optional than I intend.
Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com
midrange.com
