DTD to XML

[lsebe2]

Hi! I have the following DTD file :

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<!ELEMENT book (bookinfo,chapter*)>

<!ELEMENT chapter (title,section*)>

<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT bookinfo (title,author,copyright)>

<!ELEMENT author (firstname,surname)>

<!ELEMENT copyright (year,holder)>

<!ENTITY % divers "para|programlisting|itemizedlist|orderedlist">

<!ELEMENT section (title,(%divers;)+)>

<!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT programlisting (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT holder (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT surname (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT year (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT itemizedlist (listitem+)>

<!ELEMENT orderedlist (listitem+)>

<!ELEMENT listitem (%divers;)+>

I'm trying to generate a xml file from this exact DTD but not every elements and child elements appear in the generated xml file. Here's my procedure, File, New, XML, Customize, Root Element : book and I've checked both Add optional content and Add first Choice particle.

Here's the xml output :

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<book>

    <bookinfo>

        <title></title>

        <author>

            <firstname></firstname>

            <surname></surname>

        </author>

        <copyright>

            <year></year>

            <holder></holder>

        </copyright>

    </bookinfo>

    <chapter>

        <title></title>

        <section>

            <title></title>

            <para></para>

        </section>

    </chapter>

</book>

Do you have an idea why not all my elements and child elements are included in the final xml output?

Thanks a lot for your help!

[adrian]

Hi,

Note that creating a new XML (File > New) doesn't generate a complete XML instance, just a skeleton XML. So, where you have:

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<!ELEMENT section (title,(%divers;)+)>

<!ENTITY % divers "para|programlisting|itemizedlist|orderedlist">

The new document will have just the first element, 'para' and the others will be skipped.

Oxygen only provides an instance generator for XML Schema (not for DTD) in Tools > Generate Sample XML Files. You could convert the DTD to XML Schema (Document > Schema > Generate/Convert Schema)) and use the generator on the converted schema.

Regards,
Adrian