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Empty documents always DTD-valid?

Hi,

Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?

-- I guess it is .. after all, declarations apply just to elements in
the document, and hey, if there are none, there can be nothing wrong...

Soren
Sep 20 '05 #1
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Soren Kuula wrote:
Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?


I document can't be valid without a Doctype Declaration, and I'm pretty sure
it can't be valid without a root element.

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David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
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Sep 20 '05 #2
In article <dg**********@news.net.uni-c.dk>,
Soren Kuula <do******@dongfang.dk> wrote:
Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?


An empty document isn't even well-formed, let alone valid. An XML
document must contain exactly one top-level element.

-- Richard
Sep 20 '05 #3

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