[reportlab-users] dtd and xsd's

Andy Robinson andy at reportlab.com
Mon Feb 22 04:45:24 EST 2010


On 17 February 2010 22:19, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,

>

> I am working through the tutorials for RML and wondered if it is possible to

> use XSD's instead of DTD's?

>


When we created RML2PDF, we decided to use the simplest and
fastest-to-parse specification, which was a DTD. RML2PDF uses a
validating parser (pyRXP) which works with a DTD to parse the file.
Therefore, the DTD is the definitive specification.

However, if you are using development tools like XML Spy, it's
possible to generate an XSD file and use that if it helps your
development environment or if this helps other tools to generate the
right RML.

Best Regards,


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