Re: [xml-dev] Identify PUBLICID outside of dtd?

From: "Tim Bray" <>

> What's a doctype?  

A doctype is a thing that allows a programmer to know what he/she/they will have to cope
with. 

A schema language is good if it clearly lets the programmer know what he/she/they 
will have to cope with.  Or, at least, what he/she/they won't have to cope with.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe