Can root element have text in it?

Question

For example if the DTD is:

<?xml version=”1.0” standalone=”yes” ?>
<!DOCTYPE items [
 <!ELEMENT items (item*) >
 <!ELEMENT item (article,country,price)+ >
]>

can the XML document be <items>hello</items> ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '19 at 08:23

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Text is #PCDATA, the DTD does not say you can include #PCDATA there, so no.

answered Jun 16 '19 at 08:23

Quentin

So just to make it clear, <!ELEMENT items (#PCDATA)> should have been added, right? – user11638558 Jun 16 '19 at 08:25
Then you would have two definitions of ``. You need to edit the existing definition. – Quentin Jun 16 '19 at 08:33
So it would've been <!ELEMENT items (#PCDATA) (item*) > ? – user11638558 Jun 16 '19 at 08:56
@user11638558 - it would be `<!ELEMENT items (#PCDATA|item)*>` – Daniel Haley Jun 17 '19 at 04:04

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