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| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <title>Editing DOCTYPE declarations</title> |
| syeshin | 6607827 | 2005-09-20 16:53:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | </head> |
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| 20 | <h1 class="topictitle1">Editing DOCTYPE declarations</h1> |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | <div><p>The DOCTYPE declaration in an XML file is used at the beginning |
| 22 | of it to associate it with a DTD file. You can edit your DOCTYPE declaration |
| 23 | to change the DTD file your XML file is associated with.</p><div class="skipspace"><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, |
| 24 | but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| 25 | <p>To edit your DOCTYPE |
| 26 | declaration, follow these steps:</p> |
| 27 | </div> |
| 28 | <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>In the Design view of the XML editor, right-click <span class="uicontrol">DOCTYPE</span> and |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Edit DOCTYPE</span></b>.</span></li> |
| 30 | <li class="skipspace"><span>The value in the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Root element |
| 31 | name</span></b> field |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | should match the root element of your XML file exactly.</span> You should |
| 33 | only edit the value in this field if your root element changes.</li> |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | <li class="skipspace"><span>You can select a <b>Public ID</b> for any existing XML Catalog entries |
| 35 | by clicking <b> <span class="uicontrol">Browse</span></b>. </span> The value in the |
| 36 | <b> <span class="uicontrol">Public |
| 37 | ID</span></b> field is the Public Identifier. It is used to associate the |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | XML file (using an XML Catalog entry) with a DTD file. For more information |
| 39 | on XML Catalog entries, refer to the related tasks below.</li> |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | <li class="skipspace"><span>The value in the <b> <span class="uicontrol">System ID</span> |
| 41 | </b>field is the |
| lmandel | e330a62 | 2005-12-07 07:50:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | DTD the XML file is associated with. Type the path of the DTD file (or browse |
| 43 | for it) you want |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | the XML file associated with in this field. </span> <b>Note</b>: When |
| 45 | the XML file is processed by the XML processor, it will first try to use the |
| 46 | Public ID to locate the DTD, and if this fails, it will use the System ID |
| 47 | to find it.</li> |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | <li class="skipspace"><span>Click <b> <span class="uicontrol">OK</span></b>.</span></li> |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | </ol> |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | <div class="section">If you do not have a DOCTYPE declaration in your XML file, you can |
| 51 | right-click in the Design view and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add DTD Information</span></b> to |
| 52 | add one.</div> |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | </div> |
| 54 | |
| 55 | <div> |
| 56 | |
| 57 | <p><b class="relconceptshd">Related concepts</b><br /> |
| 58 | <a href="../topics/cxmlcat.html" title="There are two different ways to associate XML files with DTDs or XML schemas.">XML file associations with DTDs and XML schemas</a><br /> |
| 59 | </p> |
| 60 | <p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br /> |
| 61 | <a href="../topics/tedtcnst.html" title="In the Design view, when you edit an XML file that has a set of constraints (that is, a set of rules) defined by a DTD or an XML schema, you can turn the constraints on and off to provide flexibility in the way you edit, but still maintain the validity of the document periodically.">Editing with DTD or XML schema constraints</a><br /> |
| syeshin | d0bdb8e | 2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | <a href="../topics/txmlcat.html" title="Adding an entry to the XML Catalog">Adding an entry to the XML Catalog</a><br /> |
| 63 | <a href="../topics/tedtgram.html" title="If you make changes to a DTD file or XML schema associated with an XML file (that is currently open), click XML > Reload Dependencies to update the XML file with these changes.">Updating XML files with changes made to DTDs and schemas</a><br> |
| 64 | <a href="txedtdes.html">Editing in the XML design view</a><br /> |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | </p> |
| syeshin | 6607827 | 2005-09-20 16:53:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | </div> |
| syeshin | befd53e | 2005-07-27 18:16:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | </body> |
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