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XML DTD Examples

Some examples of DTDs

TV Schedule DTD​

<!DOCTYPE TVSCHEDULE [
	<!ELEMENT TVSCHEDULE (CHANNEL+)>
	<!ELEMENT CHANNEL (BANNER,DAY+)>
	<!ELEMENT BANNER (#PCDATA)>
	<!ELEMENT DAY (DATE,(HOLIDAY|PROGRAMSLOT+)+)>
	<!ELEMENT HOLIDAY (#PCDATA)>
	<!ELEMENT DATE (#PCDATA)>
	<!ELEMENT PROGRAMSLOT (TIME,TITLE,DESCRIPTION?)>
	<!ELEMENT TIME (#PCDATA)>
	<!ELEMENT TITLE (#PCDATA)>
	<!ELEMENT DESCRIPTION (#PCDATA)>
	  
	<!ATTLIST TVSCHEDULE NAME CDATA #REQUIRED>
	<!ATTLIST CHANNEL CHAN CDATA #REQUIRED>
	<!ATTLIST PROGRAMSLOT VTR CDATA #IMPLIED>
	<!ATTLIST TITLE RATING CDATA #IMPLIED>
	<!ATTLIST TITLE LANGUAGE CDATA #IMPLIED>
]>

Newspaper Article DTD​

<!DOCTYPE NEWSPAPER [  
	<!ELEMENT NEWSPAPER (ARTICLE+)>  
	<!ELEMENT ARTICLE (HEADLINE,BYLINE,LEAD,BODY,NOTES)>  
	<!ELEMENT HEADLINE (#PCDATA)>  
	<!ELEMENT BYLINE (#PCDATA)>  
	<!ELEMENT LEAD (#PCDATA)>  
	<!ELEMENT BODY (#PCDATA)>  
	<!ELEMENT NOTES (#PCDATA)>  
	  
	<!ATTLIST ARTICLE AUTHOR CDATA #REQUIRED>  
	<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITOR CDATA #IMPLIED>  
	<!ATTLIST ARTICLE DATE CDATA #IMPLIED>  
	<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITION CDATA #IMPLIED>  
	  
	<!ENTITY NEWSPAPER "Vervet Logic Times">  
	<!ENTITY PUBLISHER "Vervet Logic Press">  
	<!ENTITY COPYRIGHT "Copyright 1998 Vervet Logic Press">  
]>

Product Catalog DTD​

<!DOCTYPE CATALOG [
	<!ENTITY AUTHOR "John Doe">
	<!ENTITY COMPANY "JD Power Tools, Inc.">
	<!ENTITY EMAIL "[email protected]">
	  
	<!ELEMENT CATALOG (PRODUCT+)>
	
	<!ELEMENT PRODUCT
		(SPECIFICATIONS+,OPTIONS?,PRICE+,NOTES?)>
	<!ATTLIST PRODUCT
		NAME CDATA #IMPLIED
		CATEGORY (HandTool|Table|Shop-Professional) "HandTool"
		PARTNUM CDATA #IMPLIED
		PLANT (Pittsburgh|Milwaukee|Chicago) "Chicago"
		INVENTORY (InStock|Backordered|Discontinued) "InStock">
		
	<!ELEMENT SPECIFICATIONS (#PCDATA)>
	<!ATTLIST SPECIFICATIONS
		WEIGHT CDATA #IMPLIED
		POWER CDATA #IMPLIED>
	
	<!ELEMENT OPTIONS (#PCDATA)>
	<!ATTLIST OPTIONS
		FINISH (Metal|Polished|Matte) "Matte"
		ADAPTER (Included|Optional|NotApplicable) "Included"
		CASE (HardShell|Soft|NotApplicable) "HardShell">
	  
	<!ELEMENT PRICE (#PCDATA)>
	<!ATTLIST PRICE
		MSRP CDATA #IMPLIED
		WHOLESALE CDATA #IMPLIED
		STREET CDATA #IMPLIED
		SHIPPING CDATA #IMPLIED>
	
	<!ELEMENT NOTES (#PCDATA)>
]>

People DTD​

<!DOCTYPE person  [
  <!ELEMENT person (name+, profession*)>
  <!ELEMENT name EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST name first CDATA #REQUIRED
                 last  CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ELEMENT profession EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST profession value CDATA #REQUIRED>
]>

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