XML Training: Concepts
Introduction to Reading and
Evaluating a DTD
(1-day lecture, with exercises)
Document Type Definitions are the heart of many XML applications. If the DTD you are using is inappropriate to your data or your needs, everything else you will be harder than it needs to be.
Can you tell – before using a given DTD – how well it will work for
you? How close does the match between your document and the DTD need to be?
What is an “extensible” DTD? What kinds of DTD changes are trivial, and what are
significant? How do you explain problems to your manager or to technical
staff?
This course shows you how to read a DTD and understand how it compares
with your content, surveys the fundamental issues that DTD developers address,
helps you set expectations for DTD evolution, and examines some common problems
and approaches to solving them.
Prerequisites: None.
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