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| <title>Editing DOCTYPE declarations</title> | |
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| <searchtitle>Editing DOCTYPE declarations</searchtitle> | |
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| <shortdesc>The DOCTYPE declaration in an XML file is used at the beginning | |
| of it to associate it with a DTD file. You can edit your DOCTYPE declaration | |
| to change the DTD file your XML file is associated with.</shortdesc> | |
| <prolog><metadata> | |
| <keywords><indexterm>DOCTYPE declarations<indexterm>XML editor</indexterm></indexterm> | |
| <indexterm>XML editor<indexterm>DOCTYPE declarations</indexterm></indexterm> | |
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| <taskbody> | |
| <context><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, | |
| but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p><p>To edit your DOCTYPE | |
| declaration, follow these steps:</p></context> | |
| <steps> | |
| <step><cmd>In the Design view of the XML editor, right-click <uicontrol>DOCTYPE</uicontrol> and | |
| click <uicontrol>Edit DOCTYPE</uicontrol>.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>The value in the <uicontrol>Root element name</uicontrol> field | |
| should match the root element of your XML file exactly.</cmd><info>You should | |
| only edit the value in this field if your root element changes.</info></step> | |
| <step><cmd>You can select a Public ID for any existing XML Catalog entries | |
| by clicking <uicontrol>Browse</uicontrol>. </cmd><info>The value in the <uicontrol>Public | |
| ID</uicontrol> field is the Public Identifier. It is used to associate the | |
| XML file (using an XML Catalog entry) with a DTD file. For more information | |
| on XML Catalog entries, refer to the related tasks.</info></step> | |
| <step><cmd>The value in the <uicontrol>System ID</uicontrol> field is the | |
| DTD the XML file is associated with. Type the path of the DTD file (or browse | |
| for it) you want the XML file associated with in this field. </cmd><info> <b>Note</b>: | |
| When the XML file is processed by the XML processor, it will first try to | |
| use the Public ID to locate the DTD, and if this fails, it will use the System | |
| ID to find it.</info></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</cmd></step> | |
| </steps> | |
| <postreq>If you do not have a DOCTYPE declaration in your XML file, you can | |
| right-click in the Design view and click <uicontrol>Add DTD Information</uicontrol> to | |
| add one.</postreq> | |
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