Dimitre Novatchev writes:

 > Generally, it is not possible to specify a DTD and validate an xml
 > document if the order of elements cannot be guaranteed. The
 > solution is to model such unordered collections as attributes.
 > 

 > Or am I wrong?
not if you use a DTD, but it is something the the schema languages
handle. if you don't to use them, have a content model of ANY, and
validate using an external mechanism like Schematron

sebastian


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