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Subject: Re: Use of XML for config files
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Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> > I am an XML beginner. I gather the <key name="foo">value</key> style is
> > more amenable to definition via DTD or schema? What other virtues does
> > it have?
> 
> On the other hand, it says less. So you cannot, for example, say "the foo
> package must configure a bar and a baz." You could do that if the format was
> <foo>
>   <bar>My stuff</bar>
>   <baz>Your stuff</baz>
> </foo>

Do you mean "in the DTD, you cannot say .."? Are you implying that
each app should have its own DTD? I guess that makes sense.

> But not if it was 

> <package name="foo">
>   <key name="bar">My stuff</key>
>   <key name="baz">Your stuff</key>
> </package>

In this case, I'm guessing that we could have one DTD for all config
files. But you are right, it would not say much, so maybe that is not
useful. 

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-- Stephe