xml problems- one more time
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 25 23:27:19 UTC 2007
I made a mistke sending a large attachment last time that didn't get
through mail filters even mine, so let me try again.
I read about xml it the idea sounds great but I fail when I try to
convert xml to other formats.
What exactly is needed in the xml and dtd files to allow one to run:
xmlto pdf file.xml
or xmlto html file.xml
Let us take the html case. The dtd file that is associted with my fiel
is included below:
<!-- DTD for testaments J. Bosak -->
<!-- Early versions 1992-1998 -->
<!-- Major revision Copyright (c) Jon Bosak September 1998 -->
<!ENTITY % plaintext "#PCDATA|i">
<!ELEMENT tstmt (coverpg?,titlepg?,preface?,(bookcoll|suracoll)+)>
<!ELEMENT coverpg ((title|title2)+, (subtitle|p)*)>
<!ELEMENT titlepg ((title|title2)+, (subtitle|p)*)>
<!ELEMENT title (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT title2 (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT subtitle (p)+>
<!ELEMENT preface ((ptitle|ptitle0)+, p+, witlist?)+>
<!ELEMENT witlist (witness)+>
<!ELEMENT ptitle (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT ptitle0 (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT witness (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT bookcoll (book|sura)+>
<!ELEMENT book (bktlong, bktshort, epigraph?, bksum?, chapter+)>
<!ELEMENT suracoll (sura+)>
<!ELEMENT sura (bktlong, bktshort, epigraph?, bksum?, v+)>
<!ELEMENT bktlong (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT bktshort (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT bksum (p)+>
<!ELEMENT chapter (chtitle, chstitle?, epigraph?, chsum?, (div+|v+))>
<!ELEMENT chtitle (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT chstitle (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT div (divtitle, v+)>
<!ELEMENT divtitle (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT chsum (p)+>
<!ELEMENT epigraph (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT p (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT v (%plaintext;)*>
<!ELEMENT i (%plaintext;)*>
Now when I look at this file I find it confusing. It looks to me like
when I do a xmlto html on the file:
1. the <p> will be removed, and they are. But that is a disaster for the
HTML processor.
2. Any <v> would be removed. They are but the xmlto process complains
about the <v>.
So where have I gone wrong ans what needs to be done?
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these only gave life, those the art of living well. -- Aristotle
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
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