The Rockley Bulletin"The Rockley Bulletin addresses issues of importance to those interested in content management, content reuse, new tools and technologies, resources, strategies, best practices and more."DTDs: To Build Or To Buy- April 26, 2005 We need a DTD is usually one of the first things a manager hears when embarking on the rocky road that is an XML-based content management project. A DTD (Document Type Definition) can best be described as a style guide for the structural organization, not the appearance, of an information set. The first decision to be made is whether to develop a custom DTD to describe the information set (build) or adapt an existing standard DTD (buy). Because a DTD...http://rockleybulletin.com/featurearticle.php?id=P109 Finding Document Type Definition Creation Tools- April 25, 2005 Hand-coding Document Type Definitions (DTDs) is time-consuming and often error-prone task, especially for the novice DTD developer. If you're creating your own DTD from scratch, or editing an existing standard DTD, consider using a DTD editing tool with visual components designed to make DTD creation quick and easy. Visual DTD creation and editing tools provide users with a graphic user interface designed to ease the learning curve. In addition, these...http://rockleybulletin.com/technologycorner.php?id=P108 Learning XML- April 25, 2005 In "Learning XML" (Second Edition, O'Reilly, 2003), Eric Ray, co-founder of the TECHWR-L technical writing web site and listserv, demystifies XML and explores, in depth, how XML DTDs work. According to amazon.com, "Although a href="http:www.amazon.comexecobidostgdetail-0596004206qid=1114445354sr=1-5ref=sr_1_5103-1805829-1407807v=glance&s=books"...http://rockleybulletin.com/requiredreading.php?id=P107 Learn How DTDs Work- April 25, 2005 Learn how DTDs work by visiting the w3schools web site. The site provides an excellent introduction to DTDs, including information about XML elements, attributes and entities, and explains how to validate your DTD against an XML parser. You'll learn: Why you should use a DTD The difference between internal and...http://rockleybulletin.com/ofinterest.php?id=P106 |