Item 8. Modularize DTDs
Large, monolithic DTDs are as hard to read and understand as large, monolithic programs. While DTDs are rarely as large as even medium-sized programs, they can nonetheless benefit from being divided into separate modules, one to a file. Furthermore, this allows you to combine different DTDs in a single application. For example, modularization allows you to include your own custom vocabularies in XHTML documents.
Modularization divides a DTD into multiple, somewhat independent units of functionality that can be mixed and matched to suit. A master DTD integrates all the parts into a single driver application. Parameterization is based on internal parameter entities. Modularization is based on external parameter entities. ...
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