This is exactly what I was hoping to find. Thank you very much! Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > >I want to formally define the format of the XMLs, and > >writing a DTD appears to be the way to do this. However, > > [...] > The XML 101 contains a lot of good information about XML. For DTDs, look > at http://www.xml101.com:8081/dtd/ -- Terry Hancock hancock@earthlink.net