cant get DTD to work

[Dummy]

Hey there, I'm trying to get my DTD to work with some content, just
wondering if someone could take a look at it for me and see where im
going wrong. Thanks,

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE holiday [
<!ELEMENT holiday (entry_date+)>
<!ELEMENT entry_date (activities?, purchases, weather, food?,
photos*)>
<!ELEMENT activities (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT purchases (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST weather (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny">
<!ELEMENT photos (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT food (#PCDATA)>
]>

<holiday>
<entry_date>
<activities>I went to the beech. It was super fun.</activities>
<purchases>I bought some new clothes at a stall.</purchases>
<weather>sunn y</weather>
<food>I had some fish. Yummmmmmy.</food>
<photos>http://www.floridaflor ida.org/Beach1.jpg</photos>
</entry_date>
<entry_date>
<activities>Ski ing in the alps with Tilly and Minny.</activities>
<purchases>Ne w ski goggles.</purchases>
<weather>snow y</weather>
<food>We ate crips and drank pop.</food>
<photos>http://www.lasource.f9 .co.uk/images/Michael%20skiin g%201.jpg</
photos>
</entry_date>
</holiday>

[Martin Honnen]

Re: cant get DTD to work

Dummy wrote:

<!ATTLIST weather (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny">

<weather>sunn y</weather>

I think you want
<!ATTLIST weather
type (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny")>

<wheather type="sunny"/>

Or give the entry-date element an attribute named wheather-type.


--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Martin Honnen]

Re: cant get DTD to work

Martin Honnen wrote:

Dummy wrote:
>

> <!ATTLIST weather (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny">

>
>

> <weather>sunn y</weather>

You might also want to switch the W3C XSD schemas instead of DTDs as the
schema language allows you to enumerate the possible values of
attributes as well as of elements
<xs:element name="wheather" >
<xs:simpleTyp e>
<xs:restricti on base="xs:string ">
<xs:enumerati on value="sunny"/>
<xs:enumerati on value="rainy"/>
<xs:enumerati on value="cloudy"/>
<xs:enumerati on value="snowy"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>



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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[charlieo0@comcast.net]

Re: cant get DTD to work

Your problem is that you never declared the "weather" element.

You have <!ATTLIST weatherbut nowhere do you have <!ELEMENT weather>



On Feb 13, 11:13 am, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yaho o.dewrote:

Dummy wrote:

<!ATTLIST weather (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny">
<weather>sunn y</weather>

>
I think you want
<!ATTLIST weather
type (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny")>
>
<wheather type="sunny"/>
>
Or give the entry-date element an attribute named wheather-type.
>
--
>
Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Richard Tobin]

Re: cant get DTD to work

In article <9691e3cc-6a45-49eb-a8b7-d9784defd646@e2 5g2000prg.googl egroups.com>,
Dummy <liam.jmoore@gm ail.comwrote:

> <!ATTLIST weather (sunny | rainy | cloudy | snowy) "sunny">

....

> <weather>snow y</weather>

ATTLIST is for declaring attributes, not elements. DTDs don't have
any way of listing the possible values for the text content of an
element.

-- Richard
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