 |
 |
Perry, The missing minimization parameters in element declarations are intentional. XML proscribes tag minimization and the use of the minimization parameters. SGML, of course, supports tag minimization, provided the OMITTAG FEATURE in the SGML declaration is "OMITTAG YES". The eadsgml.dcl file contains the SGML declaration for EAD version 1.0. OMITTAG is NO, indicating that the minimization parameters need not be supplied, and that tag minimization is not allowed in the instance. All of this is to make it possible for EAD to function as both an SGML and XML DTD. Problems arise with software that does not support the SGML FEATURE OMITTAG fully, which is to say, with either the value NO or YES. OpenText evidently assumes that all DTDs are conforming to an SGML declaration with OMITTAG YES. Thus the problem here is with OpenText, and not with the DTD as such. Your workaround is exactly what you need to do to get OpenText to work with EAD version 1.0, though you should check with the vendor to see if it is possible to get the software to work with the DTD without having to modify it. If you intend to be share your EAD-encoded finding aids with others, and sharing the DTD with them, then you will want to share the DTD in its official form, that is, without the minimization parameters. Daniel At 05:01 PM 10/19/1998 -0500, you wrote: >I'm finally getting around to updating our finding aid from the >beta DTD to v.1, and indexing it using the files distributed >at the LC site. I've used the Author/Editor rules file until now, >so I hadn't really looked at the DTD until today. When I tried >to index it using OpenText, I got a number of error messages, >and discovered that the file eadbase.ent is missing the minimization >indicators. As distributed, all of the elements in this file are >formatted like this in "eadbase.ent": > ><!ELEMENT ead (eadheader, frontmatter?, archdesc) > > >whereas they should include the "-" or "O" to indicate whether >the open and close tags are required or optional: > ><!ELEMENT ead - - (eadheader, frontmatter?, archdesc) > > >Once I added these indicators to all the elements, I was able to index >my file. This seems to be a fairly serious error in the DTD--has anyone >else pointed this out yet? > >Perry Willett >Main Library >Indiana University >[log in to unmask] > > Daniel V. Pitti Project Director Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 Phone: 804 924-6594 Fax: 804 982-2363 Email: [log in to unmask]