On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Durk Strooisma wrote: > Hi, > > We noticed that Dia doens't make use of DTDs or XML Schemas (for example > to validate Dia XML documents). Even correct DTDs or XML Schemas aren't > provided, which would be handy to validate Dia XML documents within XML > authoring tools. > > Probably there's a good reason doing it the way the Dia-people do right > now. Performance? Complexity? > > For us it would be very pleasent if Dia uses DTDs or Schemas for > extending the program's functionality. Of course extending a DTD or > Schema needs to be supported in the program itself too. But when > implemented, functionality can be extending without modifying source > code. Example: it would be very nice to be able to add more attributes > to shapes. The existing shape attributes (like "name" and "textbox") > don't offer the ability to create shapes for network diagrams like > "computer" with attributes like IP and MAC-address. > > Maybe that's a good idea to consider...
I don't know enough about DTDs and XML Schemas to judge whether this is a useful thing. We do have DTDs, but they're not used by Dia. --Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| H�rdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
