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| <title>Creating a new document type definition (DTD)</title> |
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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating DTDs</h1> |
| <div><p>A document type definition (DTD) contains a set of rules that can |
| be used to validate an XML file. After you have created a DTD, you can edit |
| it manually, adding declarations that define elements, attributes, entities, and notations, |
| and how they can be used for any XML files that reference the DTD file.</p><div class="skipspace"><p></p> |
| <p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, but |
| they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| <p>Follow |
| these steps to create a new DTD:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>If necessary, create a project to contain the DTD.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the workbench, select <b><span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">File</span> > <span class="uicontrol">New</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Other</span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> DTD File</b></span></span> and click <b><span class="uicontrol">Next</span></b>. </span> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Select the project or folder that will contain the DTD.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the <b> <span class="uicontrol">File name</span></b> field, type the name of |
| the DTD, for example <kbd class="userinput">MyDTD.dtd</kbd>.</span> The |
| name of your DTD file must end with the extension <kbd class="userinput">.dtd.</kbd></li> |
| <li class="skipspace">Click <b>Next</b>. </li> |
| <li class="skipspace">You can use a DTD template as the basis for your new |
| DTD file. To do so, click the <b>Use DTD Template </b>check box, and select |
| the template you want to use.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b>Finish</b></span>.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| <div class="skipspace"><p>The DTD appears in the Navigator view and automatically |
| opens in the DTD editor. In the DTD editor, you can manually add elements, attributes, |
| notations, entities, and comments to the DTD. If you close the file, and want |
| to later re-open it in the DTD editor, double-click it in the |
| Navigator view.</p> |
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| <b class="parentlink">Parent topic:</b> <a href="../topics/cworkdtds.html" title="Working with DTDs">Working with DTDs</a><br /> |
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| <div><p><b class="relconceptshd">Related concepts</b><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/cdtdover.html" title="A document type definition (DTD) provides you with the means to validate XML files against a set of rules. When you create a DTD file, you can specify rules that control the structure of any XML files that reference the DTD file.">Document type definitions (DTDs) - overview</a></p> |
| <p><strong>Related tasks</strong><br> |
| <a href="tdtemplt.html">Working with DTD templates</a><br> |
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