Understanding DDbE
DDbE is a Java library that is designed to generate a DTD from an XML document or set of documents. The idea behind DDbE is that often it is difficult for beginning XML developers to master the art of DTD and XML Schema development, although creating well-formed XML documents isn't too difficult. By allowing developers to automatically generate a DTD from an XML document, DDbE can give beginning XML developers a jumpstart.
DDbE isn't just designed for beginning XML developers who haven't mastered DTD creation. It can also be used by XML applications that need to generate DTDs from documents for on-the-fly document validation. Such an application could process a master XML document and infer a DTD from the document using DDbE. ...
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