[osis-core] Request for OSIS "unofficial" DTD

[Todd Tillinghast]

Kirk,

I see a problem with having two official "statements" of the standard
(DTD and schema).  The danger would be that people could create
documents that are valid with respect to the DTD and not be valid with
respect to the schema.  To make things worse the XML documents created
relative to the DTD would reference the DTD and not the official schema,
which would lead to two different standards in practice.

I could make you a DTD for EVERY release of the schema using XML Spy for
your use with DTD only tools, but I think we should resist making a DTD
officially available.

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core-
> admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Kirk Lowery
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: [osis-core] Request for OSIS "unofficial" DTD
> 
> Patrick (and Steve),
> 
> <hoping_not_to_be_asking_for_a_lot>
> I recommend that for each major release of OSIS, that automagic
> utilities be used to also generate a corresponding DTD. Why? Because
> there's not much XML software out there that handles Schemas (e.g., my
> preferred environment -- emacs psgml mode --  does not). Until there's
> better general schema suppport in software generally, having a DTD can
> help OSIS be used more broadly.
> 
> I recognize there may be content model problems, and that the DTD
> might have to be tweaked after generation. That's why I don't suggest
> it be done for every point release, but certainly for the main
releases.
> </hoping_not_to_be_asking_for_a_lot>
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Kirk
> --
> Kirk E. Lowery, Ph.D.
> Director, Westminster Hebrew Institute
> Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
> Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
> 
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