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> I'd be worried if you're writing XML for which a valid DTD cannot be
> produced...

The original "requirements" were a set of sample
XML files without DTD refs.  I generated a DTD
by reverse engineering when I inherited the tool.
The tool currently has no XML knowledge at a low
level.  It writes out fragments that have to be
made valid XML by keeping the sequence of calls
correct.

So instead of something like

Element (Tag        => X,
         attributes => (...),
         content    => Element ( ...

which would presumably prevent syntax errors,
we have more like

Write ("<");
... conditionals
Write ("X");
... conditionals
Write ( ... attributes 
...etc.
...
...
Write (">"); -- Let's see, which tag ends here,
             -- and is it a start tag or an end tag?

I think this illustrates why I'm looking to find
or write something different.  :-)

-- 
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau