Empty documents always DTD-valid?

[Soren Kuula]

Hi,

Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?

-- I guess it is .. after all, declarations apply just to elements in
the document, and hey, if there are none, there can be nothing wrong...

Soren

 

[David Dorward]

Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?

I document can't be valid without a Doctype Declaration, and I'm pretty sure
it can't be valid without a root element.

 

[Richard Tobin]

Is an empty XML document valid by any valid DTD?

An empty document isn't even well-formed, let alone valid. An XML
document must contain exactly one top-level element.

-- Richard