Public Interface (RuleSet DTD)

RuleSet DTD:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
The following constraints are not represented in DTD, but taken care programatically
    1. In a Rule, All Mandatory attributes cannot be "*".
    2. Only one instance of the below elements is allowed, but in any order.
    1)HTMLRules
    2)JSRules
    3)XMLRules
    3. ID should alway be in lower case.
-->
<!ENTITY % eURL ’URL’>
<!ENTITY % eEXPRESSION ’EXPRESSION’>
<!ENTITY % eDHTML ’DHTML’>
<!ENTITY % eDJS ’DJS’>
<!ENTITY % eSYSTEM ’SYSTEM’>

<!ENTITY % ruleSetElements ’(HTMLRules | JSRules | XMLRules)?’>
<!ENTITY % htmlElements ’(Form | Applet | Attribute)*’>
<!ENTITY % jsElements ’(Variable | Function)*’>
<!ENTITY % xmlElements ’(Attribute | TagText)*’>

<!ELEMENT RuleSet (%ruleSetElements;,%ruleSetElements;,%ruleSetElements;)>
<!ATTLIST RuleSet
    id ID #REQUIRED
    extends CDATA "none"
>

<!-- Rules for identifying rules in HTML content -->
<!ELEMENT HTMLRules (%htmlElements;)>
<!ELEMENT Form EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Form
    name CDATA #REQUIRED
    field CDATA #REQUIRED
    valuePatterns CDATA ""
    source CDATA "*"
>

<!ELEMENT Applet EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Applet
    code CDATA #REQUIRED
    param CDATA "*"
    valuePatterns CDATA ""
    source CDATA "*"
>

<!-- Rules for identifying rules in JS content -->
<!ELEMENT JSRules (%jsElements;)>
<!ELEMENT Variable EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Variable
    name CDATA #REQUIRED
    type (%eURL; | %eEXPRESSION; | %eDHTML; | %eDJS; | %eSYSTEM;) "EXPRESSION"
    source CDATA "*"
>

<!ELEMENT Function EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Function
    name CDATA #REQUIRED
    paramPatterns CDATA #REQUIRED
    type (%eURL; | %eEXPRESSION; | %eDHTML; | %eDJS;) "EXPRESSION"
    source CDATA "*"
>

<!-- Rules for identifying rules in XML content -->
<!ELEMENT XMLRules (%xmlElements;)>
<!ELEMENT TagText EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST TagText
    tag CDATA #REQUIRED
    attributePatterns CDATA ""
    source CDATA "*"
>

<!ELEMENT Attribute EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Attribute
    name CDATA #REQUIRED
    tag CDATA "*"
    valuePatterns CDATA ""
    type (%eURL; | %eDHTML; | %eDJS; ) "URL"
    source CDATA "*"
>

You can use * as a part of the rule value. But all the mandatory attribute values cannot be just *. Such rules are ignored, but the message is logged in the RuleSetInfo log file. For information on this log file, see Debug File Names.