Why am I given the error “StartTag: Invalid element name” when parsing this XML file with a DTD?

I think you need to specify if the attribute is #REQUIRED or #IMPLIED or #FIXED "Default_Value" for your DTD to be valid. You should also have! DOCTYPE .

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The document basically has "catalog" as the root tag with child tags of "movie" followed by one or more "actor". Each of these child tags further contains more child tags. I was supposed to make a DTD for this based on some rules given, but it is just rejecting whatever I put at the beginning of the doucment.

Any help? Here is the XML code: Monster's Ball 2001 111 minutes Halle Berry August 14, 1966 Cleveland, Ohio Billy Bob Thornton X-Men 2000 104 minutes Ian McKellen Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 178 minutes Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 201 minutes Tom Hanks July 9, 1956 Concord, California Saving Private Ryan 1998 170 minutes Matt Damon October 8, 1970 Cambridge, Massachusetts Forrest Gump 1994 142 minutes Sally Field Pasadena, California Gary Sinise Philadelphia 1993 125 minutes Apollo 13 1995 140 minutes Denzel Washington Here is the DTD file: EDIT: I am verifying this with the XML validator at http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp My web browser (IE) does not display the file and gives the error: Required white space was missing. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/... xml dtd dtd-parsing xml-dtd link|improve this question edited Feb 26 at 15:42 asked Feb 26 at 15:30Johnny695 91% accept rate.

Don't use w3schools. Find a better validator. – skaffman Feb 26 at 15:45 I am using XMLSpy as well, and it gives the error: Unable to load external DTD subset via 'file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/.../catalog.

Dtd'. 'Well-formedness violation: Character '>' is grammatically unexpected' – Johnny Feb 26 at 15:51 Both w3schools and XML Spy are terrible validators. Use validome.org/grammar – skaffman Feb 26 at 15:56 Thanks for the help!

– Johnny Feb 26 at 16:06.

I think you need to specify if the attribute is #REQUIRED or #IMPLIED or #FIXED "Default_Value" for your DTD to be valid. You should also have.

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