Document Type Definition - Markup Declarations

Markup Declarations

DTDs describe the structure of a class of documents via element and attribute-list declarations. Element declarations name the allowable set of elements within the document, and specify whether and how declared elements and runs of character data may be contained within each element. Attribute-list declarations name the allowable set of attributes for each declared element, including the type of each attribute value, if not an explicit set of valid value(s).

DTD markup declarations declare which element types, attribute lists, entities and notations are allowed in the structure of the corresponding class of XML documents.

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