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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>Can I define an element to type
"ANY" in a DTD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>I am writing a program that can
receive any xml message as requests and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>it it builds an XML response for
that. Since I do not know what the incoming </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>request structure will be, I want to
declare an element of type "any" in my </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>response DTD so that the entire
request message can be substituted in place of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>type any and still my document
conforms to my DTD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>One solution can be that I do not
use a DTD at all, there by I'll be free to insert </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>any well formed tag into my
document. But the response that I am building has </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>other xml elements also that need to
be validated against a DTD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>I'll be grateful for your
reply.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Tahoma size=2>Abhishek.</FONT></DIV>
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