Daniel Connolly referred me to you.
I have a few questions about the HTML DTD listed at
http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/html-spec/html.dtd
I have listed my questions under each heading of the DTD. I'd appreciate it
if you could take the time to answer these questions.
thanks
sdbj
Susan D. Baird-Joshi ([email protected])
The Application Works, Kirkland, WA / 206-488-4165
Web and Database Contractor, Children's Hospital and Medical Center,
Seattle, WA / 206-368-4979
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under SDA PARAMETER ENTITIES
1. In "-//EC-USA-CDA/...." what is the meaning of
EC
CDA
under LINK MARKUP
In the commented section explaining all the <A> references....
1. Does the "..." imply that authors can enter anything?
What are typical phrases people use here? I've seen <A
HREF="mailto:[email protected]" REV="made">.
2. What's the difference between <A HREF="..."> and <A URN="...">?
When would the link address differ from the permanent address?
3.Does <A REL="..."> mean "relationship of this document to the
destination document" and <A REV="..."> mean "relationship of the
destination document to this document."
4. Does "(advisory)" indicate that the text is just for the reader of
the document's source? Do browsers typically pay attention to this?
under IMAGES
1. "EMPTY" in <!ELEMENT IMG - O EMPTY> means no end tag is required?
under PARAGRAPHS
1. "(%text)" in <!ELEMENT IMG - O (%text)> means text must follow?
under FORMS
1. In ENCTYPE %Content-Type; "application/x-www-form-rulencoded"
what is the meaning of the text in quotes?
2. Is the order of ATTLIST elements the PREFERRED or MANDATED order of
elements for that element?