6/14/02 12:29:14 AM, Marcus Carr <mcarr@[...].au>  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 aff
ecting 
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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