• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• To: Jim Shain <Jim.Shain@a...>
• Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:59:48 -0500

Jim Shain wrote:

> I wanted to run this past some knowledgeable people.  Is the following a legal
> or illegal construct for an element in a DTD?
> 
>  <!ELEMENT Request ((A, B, C?) | (A?, B, C?, D))>
> 
> Some have stated that it is illegal because "When A is present it isn't possible
> to determine whether or not D is required."

Correct.  Here is a correct declaration that does what you want:

<!ELEMENT Request ((A, B, C?, D?) | (B, C?, D))>

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