On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Robert O'Rourke <r...@sanchothefat.com> wrote:
> I don't really know how toread the DTDs properly Yeah, it's obscure for sure. > <!ELEMENT BUTTON > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-BUTTON> - - > (%flow; <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/dtd.html#flow>)* > -(A|%formctrl; > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/dtd.html#formctrl>|FORM|FIELDSET) > -- push button --> Using Toolman's excellent 2005 article "The Art of Reading a DTD" http://www.autisticcuckoo.net/archive.php?id=2005/05/01/art-of-reading-dtd I think the above can be decyphered as: <!ELEMENT BUTTON - - (%flow;)* -(A|%formctrl;|FORM|FIELDSET) -- push button --> opening and closing tags are required, it can contain any number of flow elements (block or inline), but can't CONTAIN links, other form controls, forms or fieldsets. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ ______________________________________________________________ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
