DTD文檔如下:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!ELEMENT NEWSPAPER (ARTICLE+)>
<!-- 上面這句表明根元素爲NEWSPAPER,該元素裏面至少有一個ARTICLE元素 -->
<!ELEMENT ARTICLE (HEADLINE, BYLINE, LEAD, BODY, NOTES)>
<!-- 上面這句表明ARTICLE元素下有五個元素,依次爲HEADLINE, BYLINE, LEAD, BODY, NOTES -->
<!ELEMENT HEADLINE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BYLINE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT LEAD (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BODY (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT NOTES (#PCDATA)>
<!-- 上面這五句可以看出五個元素被定義爲字符串類型 -->
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE AUTHOR CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!-- 上面這句可以看出ARTICLE的AUTHOR參數是不可或缺的 -->
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITOR CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE DATE CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST ARTICLE EDITION CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!-- 上面這三句可以看出這三個ARTICLE的參數是可選的 -->
XML實例:
文檔名稱:Newspaper.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE NEWSPAPER SYSTEM "Newspaper.dtd">
<NEWSPAPER>
<ARTICLE AUTHOR="梅夫">
<HEADLINE/>
<BYLINE/>
<LEAD/>
<BODY/>
<NOTES/>
</ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE AUTHOR="雷傑">
<HEADLINE/>
<BYLINE/>
<LEAD/>
<BODY/>
<NOTES/>
</ARTICLE>
</NEWSPAPER>