Thanks Doru,

That's very helpful to know.

Rodd

>I never used DTD, and used XML/XSD just in school labs.
>The main difference is said to be that DTD cannot validate data types (like integer, date, time, float, etc.)
>XML schema allow you to specify data types, and a XSD will validate data types and ensure proper content of the XML data.
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>>I've been reading a bit lately trying to immerse myself in XML. However, I still haven't seen anything that really tells me why you would use DTD instead of XSD or visa versa.
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>>They both seem to provide a way to type or define how an instance document will appear or how it should be laid out. One uses XML-like syntax and one doesn't.
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>>Is there something that would cause someone to use DTD rather than XSD or the other way around?
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>>Thanks for your help!
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>>Rodd