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DTD desgin for forms

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From: Bernd Nordhausen
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 09:13
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I am in the process of writing DTD's for forms, eg. tax forms, application
forms, etc.  I think SGML is ideal for representing forms as form in SGML 
will be more structured, and can be better queried. However, there are some 
interesting questions that arise.

For example,  when one designs several forms, should each form have a 
separate DTD, or should you have one general DTD with each separate 
form an instance of that DTD?

Has anybody else designed DTD's for such purposes? I would like to exchange 
some ideas and thoughts.

Cheers, Bernd
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   Bernd Nordhausen (bernd@iss.nus.sg)
   Institute of Systems Science                           Ph: +65 772-6240 
   National University of Singapore                      FAX: +65 778-2571
   Singapore 0511                               
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From: bernd@melon.iss.nus.sg (Bernd Nordhausen)
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