DTD文档如下:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!ELEMENT NEWSPAPER (ARTICLE+)>
<!-- 上面这句表明根元素为NEWSPAPER,该元素里面至少有一个ARTICLE元素 -->
<!ELEMENT ARTICLE (HEADLINE, BYLINE, LEAD, BODY, NOTES)>
<!-- 上面这句表明ARTICLE元素下有五个元素,依次为HEADLINE, BYLINE, LEAD, BODY, NOTES -->
<!ELEMENT HEADLINE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BYLINE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT LEAD (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BODY (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT NOTES (#PCDATA)>
<!-- 上面这五句可以看出五个元素被定义为字符串类型 -->
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE AUTHOR CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!-- 上面这句可以看出ARTICLE的AUTHOR参数是不可或缺的 -->
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITOR CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE DATE CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITION CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!-- 上面这三句可以看出这三个ARTICLE的参数是可选的 -->
XML实例:
文档名称:Newspaper.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE NEWSPAPER SYSTEM "Newspaper.dtd">
<NEWSPAPER>
<ARTICLE AUTHOR="梅夫">
<HEADLINE/>
<BYLINE/>
<LEAD/>
<BODY/>
<NOTES/>
</ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE AUTHOR="雷杰">
<HEADLINE/>
<BYLINE/>
<LEAD/>
<BODY/>
<NOTES/>
</ARTICLE>
</NEWSPAPER>