DocumentType : Node

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Platform Support

IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari
6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no

Constructors

Constructor	Action	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari
DocumentType Constructor() : DocumentType Represents the <!DOCTYPE> of a document.	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
DocumentType() : DocumentType Represents the <!DOCTYPE> of a document. Returns DocumentType Visibility internal

Properties

Property	Action	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari
entities : NamedNodeMap List of entities defined in the DTD.	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
Remarks List of all of the general entities defined within this DTD. This includes both internal and external entities. Any duplicates are discarded, with the first occurance of a named entity being preserved. Every key value within this property uses the Entity interface. Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C
internalSubset : String Contents of the DTD subset	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
Remarks This value contains the string contained between the "[" and "]" characters. Not all DocumentType objects will contain a value in this property, which can rely on an external file for defining entities. Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C
name : String Name of the DTD.	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
For examples, see the quirksmode test page: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/attributes.html Remarks Name of the DTD, which is represented in XML documents as the name immediately after the keyword. Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C
notations : NamedNodeMap List of notations defined in this DTD	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
Remarks List of all the notations defined in this DTD. Like entities, any duplicates are discarded, keeping only the first occurance of any duplicated key. Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C
publicId : String The public identifier of the external subset	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
Remarks Public identifier of the document type definition. This is usually a common identifier used to represent a kind of content. For instance, the publicId value for an XHTML document could be "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN". Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C
systemId : String The system identifier of the external subset	Show Details	6.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	no
Remarks This is the system identifier, or filename, of the document type definition itself. This is usually a path to a file on disk or a URI pointing at the DTD. Availability HTML DOM Level 2|W3C

Remarks

This represents the doctype for a Document. If a document has a doctype, it will be a reference to an instantiation of this interface. This object represents all the information stored in the ]]> section of a source document.

Throughout the rest of the documentation in this object, the following sample DTD will be used to illustrate how the various properties work.

]> ]]>

References

Document|Entity|Notation

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2|W3C