RE: [docbook-apps] what's the value of the document type declaration?

In terms of transformation, it also provides any default attribute values.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:54 PM
> To: docbook apps list
> Subject: [docbook-apps] what's the value of the document type
> declaration?
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> 
>   got into a discussion last night with someone discussing
> docbook transformation (being the party animal that i am),
> and the question arose as to the value of the document type
> declaration at the top of the XML file.  you know:
> 
>  <!DOCTYPE book ... blah blah ...>
> 
>   while the declaration is, of course, useful for validation,
> it doesn't technically play a part in the actual transformation.
> 
>   i pointed out the one value that it includes all of the extra
> entities, so that you can use things like &aleph; and &oplus;,
> and so on.
> 
>   but beyond the inclusion of the addition entities, is there
> some other value for the declaration?  just curious.
> 
> rday
> 
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> Robert P. J. Day
> Eno River Technologies
> Unix, Linux and Open Source training
> Waterloo, Ontario
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> www.enoriver.com
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