[Refdb-devel] DTD questions

[ido <ido...@gm...>]

Dear Mr. Hoenicka,

I am thinking about the idea of using your CiteStyle DTD
for an endnote like program. I can't join your effort, since
I 1. dont use C ( but C++ ) and 2. I want a good integration
with the KDE environment.

However I have certain questions regarding your DTD
( I have just started reading up on XML, so please
excuse my mistakes ):

1. You often seem to declare multiple elements at once
e.g:
<!ELEMENT (FIRSTSEP|SECONDSEP) - - (#PCDATA)>

I think this is illegal, and that you have to declare the
elements separately.

I also don't know what the "- -" means.



2. How extensive has your analysis of journal citation styles
been? Do you think that your DTD will have to change once/soon?
Is the order of citation elements always the same ( Authors, Year,
Journal, Volume, Pages ), with variations only in style + dropping
of elements?

Thank you very much for your answers

Ido Tamir