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Re: Fw: New Catalog XML Draft

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  • Subject: Re: Fw: New Catalog XML Draft
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:51:03 -0600
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff de La Beaujardiere" <address@hidden>
To: "John Caron" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: New Catalog XML Draft


>
> # > Internal DTD rules override external DTD rules, but you can have both
in
> # > the same document. Internal DTD declarations come after the external
DTD
> # > call and between square brackets.
>
> The following clarification may not be relevant for your work, but
> just in case: The internal DTD is physically after the external DTD
> reference in the XML document, but the internal DTD is processed
> first. Strictly speaking, it does not override (i.e., redefine)
> external definitions but rather declares them first and thereby
> forbids the external DTD from declaring them. Therefore, you cannot
> use the internal DTD as a way to modify elements defined in the
> external DTD--you can only extend it by defining new elements.

I am still unclear: if the internal DTD declares an element, what happens if
the external DTD does also? If the second declaration gets ignored, isnt
that like overriding?

>
> The most error-prone part of the OGC Web Map Service metadata XML is
> the provision for vendor-specific elements via a required but usually
> empty %ENTITY declaration in the internal DTD. I have not yet
> determined whether XML Schema will let us do this more effectively.
>
> -Jeff DLB

Are you referring to this line in the Capabilities DTD? It seems very
similar to what Joe was trying to do. Were you trying to make a standard
list that could be extended? What was error-prone about it?

BTW, where is the "sample XML" mentioned below?

<!-- This WMT-wide list of possible output formats can be redefined by
individual servers; see the sample XML. -->

<!ENTITY % KnownFormats " GIF | JPEG | PNG | WebCGM | SVG | GML.1 | GML.2 |
GML.3 | WBMP | WMS_XML | MIME | INIMAGE | TIFF | GeoTIFF | PPM | BLANK " >