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• Subject: Re: DOCTYPE declaration in the document prolog
• From: Richard Tobin <richard@c...>
• Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:42:14 +0100 (BST)
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• In-reply-to: <002301c263a8$764fec00$dfc809c0@DELLL400>
• Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh

>Is following XML sample valid?

No.

>My understanding was that the root element should
>also be declared in the internal declaration subset
>if there is no external declaration subset.

Yes.

>Where can I find clear information about this?

The XML spec.  In particular, the validity constraint "Element Valid"
in section 3.  The root element is no different from any other in this
respect.

-- Richard

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