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document type

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

a class of documents sharing a common abstract structure. The ISO 8879 [SGML] definition is as follows: "a class of documents having similar characteristics; for example, journal, article, technical manual, or memo. (4.102)"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.
document type declaration

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

The XML document type declaration contains or points to markup declarations that provide a grammar for a class of documents. This grammar is known as a document type definition, or DTD. The document type declaration can point to an external subset (a special kind of external entity) containing markup declarations, or can contain the markup declarations directly in an internal subset, or can do both. The DTD for a document consists of both subsets taken together.
document type declaration

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

The XML document type declaration contains or points to markup declarations that provide a grammar for a class of documents. This grammar is known as a document type definition, or DTD. The document type declaration can point to an external subset (a special kind of external entity) containing markup declarations, or can contain the markup declarations directly in an internal subset, or can do both. The DTD for a document consists of both subsets taken together.
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.
parent document type

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

A parent document type of a hybrid document is the document type of the root element.

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