Michele,
Whether to use the schema or the DTD would depend upon how your needs. If
you would like to wrap EAD inside of METS files, then you would use the
schema, for example. If you're keen on strict enforcement of things like
countrycode attribute values, then either the schema or relaxng versions
would make you happier than the DTD. For similar reasons, if you'd like to
customize a stricter version of EAD to enforce local usage, then the
capabilities of W3C XML Schema or Relax NG would likely serve you better.
Terry
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Michele Rothenberger wrote:
> So...is it better to match the schema or the DTD?
>
> Michele
>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 9/13/2006 11:12 AM >>>
> Hello all,
>
> FYI, I just noticed another wrinkle in the difference between DTD and
> Schema valid EAD instances. In a DTD valid instance, the linking
> attribute actuate has four possible values: onload, onrequest,
> actuateother, actuatenone. In a schema valid instance, the four
> possible values are onLoad, onRequest, other, and none. The case
> change seems to be due to the requirements of xlink (see the xlink
> schema).
>
> Mike
>
>
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