Re: mixed content in DTDs - the workaround.

["Kazi the P i R @ t {-" <ka...@ewarna.com>]

hello everybody,
well, i gotta thank all of you for the help first of all.

Now, let me tel tell you what i did in the end...
      As <dpenton> suggested, i changed the order of the #PCDATA and the sub-point child.
      But that resulted in another error. 
      
      Then i had to go with a workaround... by adding another element:
         
            <!ELEMENT point (description)>      
                <!ELEMENT description (sub-point*)>
                    <!ELEMENT sub-point (#PCDATA)>

Kazi.

PS. I am feeling now maybe that i didnt explain my intentions clearly in my mail...  i was trying to create xml for writing a list of notes where any certain point in the list could having nested points or 'sub-points' as i call them.
      
  ----- From: dpenton@arrowsash.com 
  To: general@xml.apache.org 
  Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 5:21 AM
  Subject: Re: mixed content in DTDs


  Right.  I seem to have tried to answer too late at night!  The asterisk goes where you have it for mixed content.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: kkumari 
    To: general@xml.apache.org 
    Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 7:17 AM
    Subject: Re: mixed content in DTDs


    I guess this is the correct format

    <!ELEMENT point (#PCDATA | sub-point )*> 

    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Kazi the P i R @ t {-" <ka...@ewarna.com>
    > To: "Lim Huat Heng" <hu...@ewarna.com>
    > Cc: <ge...@xml.apache.org>
    > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:55 AM
    > Subject: mixed content in DTDs
    > 
    > 
    > > I have a line like this in my dtd:
    > > <!ELEMENT point (sub-point*,#PCDATA)>      
    > >     Is this violating the mixed content rule??
    > >  I get an error saying:
    > >     
    > >     A name was started with an invalid character. Line 11, Position 41 
    > > 
    > >             <!ELEMENT point (sub-point*,#PCDATA)>      
    > > ----------------------------------------^
    > > 
    > > HELP
    > > 
    > > Kazi
    > > 
    > > 
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