---
name: "dtd2html"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "perlsgml"
version: "1:19970918-12.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dtd2html"
---

# dtd2html(1)

generate HTML files to support hypertext navi- gation of an SGML DTD

## NAME

dtd2html — generate HTML files to support hypertext navi-  gation of an SGML DTD

## SYNOPSIS

**dtd2html** \[options\] *file* ...

## DESCRIPTION

**dtd2html** builds a group of  linked  HTML    documents  which contain  all  of the entities and elements in the   Document Type Definition (DTD) whose filename is given as an    argument.  In particular, for each *element*,   including the top-most element in the DTD, **dtd2html**   generates an HTML document containing:

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  a  Content list for *element*,   i.e., a list of all the elements that can be included within   *element*.     Each  item  in  this list  is hyperlinked to another HTML document   describing it.

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  an Exclusion list for *element*,   i.e., a list of all the elements that are disallowed within  *element*.

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  a link to a document listing the Attributes of  *element*.

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  a link to a document giving the Content declaration of   *element*.  This is not just another listing   of the Content elements, but a prescription  for  the  frequency  with  which  the  allowed  Content elements can and/or must be included.

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  a list of the allowable tag minimizations for   *element*, i.e.,  whether a start tag is   required or is optional, and whether an end tag is required, optional,   or  disallowed for *element*.

**dtd2html** is one of a  suite  of  tools available   in  the perlSGML  package, which together help one inspect, study,  and edit if necessary, an SGML Document  Type  Definitions  (DTD).    The   package   was   written   by   Earl   Hood  (ehood@medusa.acs.uci.edu).

This manual page was written for the **Debian GNU/Linux** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.  Instead, it has documentation in the **HTML**       format; see below.

## OPTIONS

A partial summary of options is included below.  For a complete   description, see the **HTML** files.

- **-help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-verbose**

  Print status messages to STDERR on what   **dtd2html** is doing. This option generates much   output, and is used mainly for debugging purposes.

- **-outdir** *dirname*

  Write the (many!) files to *dirname* 	  rather than the current directory.

## SEE ALSO

dtddiff (1), dtdtree (1), dtdview (1), and stripsgml (1).  These commands, as well as perlSGML's library of Perl modules   for parsing of the SGML DTD's are documented fully by       *The perlSGML Manual (link to URL http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/perlSGML/doc/html/perlSGML.html)* .

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Susan G. Kleinmann sgk@debian.org for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify  this document under the terms of the GNU Free  Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version  published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant  Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy  of the license can be found under  **/usr/share/common-licenses/FDL**.