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document type definition (DTD)

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

In SGML or XML, a DTD is a formal definition of the elements and the relationship among the data elements (the structure) for a particular type of document.
document type definition (DTD)

From Modularization of XHTML (2001-04-10) | Glossary for this source

a formal, machine-readable expression of the XML structure and syntax rules to which a document instance of a specific document type must conform; the schema type used in XML 1.0 to validate conformance of a document instance to its declared document type. The same markup model may be expressed by a variety of DTDs.

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