Does IE/Firefox browser validate a give XML with DTD

Question

Hi,
The following is my XML with an internal DTD and below that is the css
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE INVENTORY
<!ELEMENT INVENTORY (BOOK)+ >
<!ELEMENT BOOK (NAME,PRICE)>
<!ELEMENT NAME (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT PRICE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT IMAGE EMPTY>
>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="Inventory01.css"?>
<INVENTORY>
<BOOK>
     <NAME> 101 Thins to lie </NAME>
     <PRICE> 9494.03</PRICE>
     <IMAGE> TEST </IMAGE>
</BOOK>
<BOOK>
     <NAME> iT nEVER Gets Better </NAME>
     <PRICE> 44.43</PRICE>
</BOOK>
</INVENTORY>The following is the CSS file refered above.
BOOK
     display:block;
     margin-top:12pt;
     font-size:10pt
NAME
     display:block;
     margin-top:12pt;
     font-weight:bold;
     font-style:italic;
PRICE
     display:block;
     margin-left:15pt;
}I was expecting the browser to validate my XML and give me an error. Please tell me if the browsers validate XMLs? If yes, is there any issue with the above code.
Thanks.
Regards,
Technoz

Answer 1

I was expecting the browser to validate my XML and
give me an error. Please tell me if the browsers
validate XMLs?Try this experiment: Set up an XML that doesn't validate against its internal DTD. Then load it into a browser to see if the browser validates it or not.
Oh wait, didn't you already try that experiment? What did you find out?