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6/14/02 12:29:14 AM, Marcus Carr <mcarr@a...> wrote: >I could do without the ability to group element and attribute declarations too - >like PEs, I think they make DTDs more difficult to read, particularly if you're >looking for a particular element declaration. I'd rather search for the string >"<!ELEMENT foo" than sift through all the places that foo gets mentioned in the >DTD. > >Terseness in DTD redesign is of minimal importance...;-) OTOH, that kind of grouping makes it easier (and less error-prone) to implement a change affecting all of a set of elements; you only need to change the content model or attribute list in one place, without the risk of missing one.
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