[mapserver-dev] mapfile.dtd and mapfile.xsd

[Steve Lime]

I didn’t answer your question though and would agree with you that we don’t
need the dtd.

On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM Steve Lime <sdlime at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious if XML mapfiles are used much at all regardless. Would be
> curious to hear from those users.
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 5:04 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As part of the Mapfile syntax clean-up in RFC133 there are a couple of
>> files that contain lists of keywords:
>>
>> - mapfile.dtd - only a couple of updates in the last 20 years [2]
>> - xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd - several updates to keep in sync with Mapfle
>> keywords [3]
>>
>> Any thoughts/preferences on what to do with these?
>>
>> I'd propose to remove mapfile.dtd (I'm unsure if it is still used), and
>> update mapfile.xsd with the syntax changes. There are other new keywords
>> missing in mapfile.xsd that can be addressed separately.
>>
>> Seth
>>
>> [1] https://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-133.html
>> [2] https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/mapfile.dtd
>> [3]
>> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd
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