gnucash2 data file dtd

[Derek Atkins]

Christian Krause <chkr at plauener.de> writes:

> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:10:11 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> Quoting Christian Krause <chkr at plauener.de>:
>>> Before I start to investigate the problem further, I'd like to know
>>> whether these dtds should match the current data format or is the dtd
>>> somehow outdated?
>
>> The DTDs were never valid.  They are samples, examples, but not accurate.
>> As far as I know they were never accurate.
>
> Ok, thanks for the information.
>
> Nevertheless I suggest that these files should be removed in the trunk
> because they are:
> - wrong
> - misleading
> - out of date
> - completly useless
> .
> ;-)

Suggestion noted..  However they are not installed.  We've got plenty
of "out of date" and "completely useless" documentation still in the
tree.  I see little reason to remove it just because of that.

As for being misleading, well, who ever said you could use the dtd
for anything?  Who even said the xml was valid in the first place?
(Note that gnucash doesn't even create namespace definitions).

-derek

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