XML - Elements having multiple values

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I have an element that must contain only specific values in xml but there may be more that one of that element.However the dtd seems to be wrong(skipping irrelevant parts)

dtd

<!ELEMENT Country ( US | UK | France | Italy ) >

xml

<table>
    <details>
        <Country>US</CINEMA>
        <Country>Italy</CINEMA>
        <Country>UK</CINEMA>
    </details>

Here is the error that i get when using xmlvalidator

The content of element type "Country" must match "( US | UK | France | Italy )"

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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Your DTD restricts content of <Country> elements to 4 possible child elements. So example of valid <Country> elements according to the DTD would be :

<Country>
    <US></US>
</Country>
<Country>
    <Italy></Italy>
</Country>

Unfortunately, there is no way to restrict text node content inside an element using DTD. Related question : Element that can only have one of two text values?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Apr 28 '16 at 06:00

har07

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Can you please show me a valid dtd according to the xml instead? – user2650277 Apr 28 '16 at 06:16
`<!ELEMENT Country (#PCDATA) >` – har07 Apr 28 '16 at 06:26
I need to have only `US | UK | France | Italy ` in `Country` – user2650277 Apr 28 '16 at 06:31
*"Unfortunately, there is no way to restrict text node content inside an element using DTD"*. See the linked question. There is a way using XML schema, if you can afford to switch from DTD – har07 Apr 28 '16 at 06:33

XML - Elements having multiple values

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