This snippet demonstrates the
In current approaches, DTDs
all too common functionality
are static. As a result, DTD
of adding, modifying and
designers try to cover every
deleting elements in an xml
contingency and, when this
document. The demo page (see
effort fails, users have to
below) displays the xml
force their information to
before and after the actions.
fit existing types. The
Darwin Information Typing
Architecture (DITA) changes
this situation by giving
information architects and
developers the power to
extend a base DTD to cover
their domains. This article
shows you how to leverage
the extensible DITA DTD to
describe new domains of
information.
Date: Nov, 30 -1 Date: May, 17 2002 |