Relationships Abbreviation Of:  DTD Abbreviation:  DTD Related Term:  Standard Generalized Markup Language n. (DTD, abbr.) ~ A set of rules that specify the structure of a document and the tags used t [..]

A formal description of a particular type of document content, for example, a metadata record in SGML or XML declaration syntax, giving the names of data elements and rules for their use (where they m [..]

a type of file associated with SGML and XML documents that defines how the markup tags should be interpreted by the application presenting the document.

A set of rules that applies SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) or XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to the markup of documents of a particular type. A DTD provides a list of the elements, attr [..]

An SGML document, which formally defines the relationship between elements, what attributes each entity has and which values these attributes may take. Used by validators and checkers to make sure you [..]

Document type definition is a format specification file. This consists of documents prepared according to SGML (standard generalized markup language), including XML (extensible markup language). It li [..]

In SGML or XML, a formal description of the components of a specific document or class of documents. DTDs provide a formal grammar used for machine processing (parsing) of documents expressed in SGML [..]

Scheme for defining document models in XML files. The DTD defines the component parts of a document (elements), ways of differentiating between elements (attributes), and allows for the creation of separate information objects such as images (entities). The majority of scholarly publishers use a standard DTD developed by the National Library of Med [..]

Document type definition (DTD) refers to a set of markup declarations that define a document type for Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) languages. DTDs define the structure of a class of doc [..]

When you create a new markup language in  SGML , you write what is called a DTD which defines what your markup language looks like and how to handle documents that have been written in that markup language. When you use an HTML validator, you are checking the validity of your documents against an HTML DTD.   HTML 1.0 and HTML 3.0 comply with the SG [..]