Training

SGML DTD Implementation

Recommended for SGML DTD writers and maintainers, this course teaches DTD syntax, design, and implementation techniques for easy maintenance.  In the process, students will implement a simple DTD and progressively add features until it is complex and modular.

The course format is a combination of lecture and paper exercises, complemented by computer exercises in implementing a DTD.

Main Topics

• Introductory DTD Syntax
  • Understanding DTDs and Components of SGML Documents
  • Creating DTD Comments
  • Declaring Elements
  • Declaring Lists of Attributes
  • Pointing to Externally Stored Information
  • Declaring Notations
• Intermediate DTD Syntax
  • Understanding Processing Instructions
  • Declaring Entities
  • Declaring Marked Sections
  • SGML Declaration Overview
  • Building Difficult Content Models
  • Completing the Basic Features of a DTD
• DTD Architecture
  • Organising Declarations in a DTD File
  • Documenting a DTD
  • Organising and Documenting a DTD 

Prerequisites

• User level exposure to and understanding of SGML concepts–no technical SGML knowledge is assumed
• Proficiency at absorbing technical material
• Working knowledge of an ASCll–based editor

Duration

2 days