external subset syntax

[James Clark]

james anderson too wrote:
 
> do i understand the (PR-xml-971208) document correctly, that it is
> possible, by means of distinct document type declarations, to refer to
> different aspects of a document type definition?

Yes.

> according to
> [31]       extSubset  ::=   ( markupdecl | conditionalSect | PEReference
> | S )
> 
> there is no requirement that the external subset begin with a document
> type declaration.

It is a requirement that the external subset *not* begin with a document
type declaration.

> which would mean that the only indication of the root element type comes
> from the refering declaration. which would mean that distinct xml
> documents could well specify different root elements with respect to the
> same external subset.
> 
> is this intentional?

Yes.

James

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