DTD notations

 

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Overview

Notations associate a binary description with an entity or attribute. For example, a clothing catalogue that associates items with images...

<!NOTATION myshirt SYSTEM "puffy_shirt.gif">

...which defines a notation for a GIF image.

To create a notation, follow these steps

1. Open the DTD in the DTD editor.

2. In the Outline view, right-click the DTD and select Add Notation .

3. In the Design view, type the name of the notation in the Name field.

4. In the System ID field, type any information to be passed along to the application dealing with the binary data. For example, a URL.

5. (Optional) In the Public ID field, type any information you want to supply to the user or application. For example, a description of what the notation refers to.

 

Parent topic

Editing DTDs

 

Related tasks

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