The best DTD element Tutorial In 2024, In this tutorial you can learn Declare an element,Empty elements,Only PCDATA element,Elements with no content,Element has children (sequence),Statement elements appear only once,Declaration element appears at least once,Zero or more element declarations appear,Declaring zero or one element,Statement "Non ... / ... both" types of content,Content declaration hybrid,

DTD element

In a DTD, element by element declaration to be declared.


Declare an element

In a DTD, XML element by element declaration to be declared. Element declaration with the following syntax:

<!ELEMENT element-name category>

<!ELEMENT element-name (element-content)>


Empty elements

Empty elements declared by category keyword EMPTY:

<!ELEMENT element-name EMPTY>

实例:

<!ELEMENT br EMPTY>

XML example:

<br />


Only PCDATA element

Only PCDATA elements inside parentheses #PCDATA declared:

<!ELEMENT element-name (#PCDATA)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>


Elements with no content

Statement by category keyword ANY element can contain any combination of parsable data:

<!ELEMENT element-name ANY>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note ANY>


Element has children (sequence)

Elements with one or more children elements inside parentheses child element names declared:

<!ELEMENT element-name (child1)>

<!ELEMENT element-name (child1,child2,/en.)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (to,from,heading,body)>

When the sub-elements separated by commas according to the sequence of statements, these sub-elements must appear in the same order in the document. In a full declaration, the children must also be declared, but also child elements can have child elements. "Note" element is the complete statement:

<!ELEMENT note (to,from,heading,body)>
<!ELEMENT to (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT heading (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>


Statement elements appear only once

<!ELEMENT element-name (child-name)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (message)>

The above example declares: message the child elements must appear once, and must appear only once in the "note" element.


Declaration element appears at least once

<!ELEMENT element-name (child-name+)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (message+)>

The example above the plus sign (+) declares: message the child elements must appear at least once in the "note" element.


Zero or more element declarations appear

<!ELEMENT element-name (child-name*)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (message*)>

The above examples asterisk (*) declares: child element message can appear in the "note" element zero or more times.


Declaring zero or one element

<!ELEMENT element-name (child-name?)>

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (message?)>

The above example declares question mark (?): The child element message can appear in the "note" element zero or one time.


Statement "Non /en. / /en. both" types of content

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (to,from,header,(message|body))>

The above example declares: "note" element must contain a "to" element, "from" element, "header" element, as well as non "message" element only "body" element.


Content declaration hybrid

实例:

<!ELEMENT note (#PCDATA|to|from|header|message)*>

The above example declares: "note" element can contain zero or more times PCDATA, "to", "from", "header" or "message".


DTD element
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