Need help deciphering a xmlto error message

[Dave Pawson]

At 02:15 09/02/2004, Mike MacCana wrote:

> > try
> >   <article>
> >      <title>Article title</title>
> >     <sect1>
> >       <title>Section title</title>
> >   <para> ......
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>That's what I seem to have (although the title is contained within
>articleinfo tags as with the sample tutorial.

Does it work with the example above?


>Basically, what I want is a description of what the error  message means -
>ie, what does an element with a ? after it mean,

? optional 0 or 1
* 0 up to many
+ 1 or more

>  what do the brackets
>means, what's compulsory? I expect there's a URL somewhere to tell me but
>damned if I/Google can find it.

Arcane I'm afraid.

Its the DTD syntax, from the .....16th century, OK 1986.

HTH DaveP