Describing the XML Document: The DTD
As mentioned previously, the XML document is both self-describing and self-validating. The degree to which the document provides these features can vary, depending partly on whether or not the document identifies a corresponding DTD. The DTD describes the type, order, frequency, and relationship of elements in an XML document. In the current release of the XML-DTD specification, data types are limited to variations of character data.
An XML document is composed of elements in a specific order or structure, a hierarchy. These elements may optionally contain attributes that further describe the elements. The element may also contain corresponding values. We would therefore expect the DTD to allow some or all ...
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