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RE: [docbook-apps] what's the value of the document type declaration?
- From: Jeff Beal <jeff dot beal at ansys dot com>
- To: "'Robert P. J. Day'" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>, docbook apps list <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:06:41 -0400
- 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?
>
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>
> 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
>
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> Robert P. J. Day
> Eno River Technologies
> Unix, Linux and Open Source training
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