January 2001
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
9h 10m
English
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5.3. Example: A Checkbook
Let's flex our muscles and use what we know so far to design a DTD for a checkbook application. Example 5.1 illustrates how such a document might look.
Example 5.1. A Sample Checkbook Document
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE checkbook SYSTEM "checkbook.dtd">
<checkbook>
<deposit type="direct-deposit">
<payor>Bob's Bolts</payor>
<amount>987.32</amount>
<date>21-6-00</date>
<description category="income">Paycheck</description>
</deposit>
<payment type="check" label="980">
<payee>Kimora's Sports Equipment</payee>
<amount>132.77</amount>
<date>23-6-00</date>
<description category="entertainment">Kendo equipment</description>
</payment>
<payment type="atm">
<amount>40.00</amount>
<date>24-6-00</date>
<description category="cash">Pocket money</description>
</payment>
<payment type="debit">
<payee>Lone Star Cafe</payee>
<amount>36.86</amount>
<date>26-6-00</date>
<description category="food">Lunch with Greg</description>
</payment>
<payment type="check" label="981">
<payee>Wild Oats Market</payee>
<amount>47.28</amount>
<date>29-6-00</date>
<description category="food">Groceries</description>
</payment>
<payment type="debit">
<payee>Barnes and Noble</payee>
<amount>58.79</amount>
<date>30-6-00</date>
<description category="work">O'Reilly Books</description>
</payment>
</checkbook>
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Taking a glance at this sample, what can you say about the document type? The root element is <checkbook>. It contains a series of entries, each of which is a <payment> or a <deposit> ...
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