Where can I find the Dojo XMLNS DTD?

Question

I want to add some Dojo widgets to my XHTML pages, but Dojo uses some attributes that aren't part of the XHTML spec. For example:

<input dojoType="ComboBox" type="text" dataUrl="/some_data.json" />

The dojoType and dataUrl attributes cause validation problems. I believe Dojo lets me move dojoType into the class attribute:

<input class="dojo-ComboBox" type="text" dataUrl="/some_data.json" />

That solves part, but not all of the problem. The "correct" solution would look something like this:

<input dojo:type="ComboBox" type="text" dojo:dataUrl="/some_data.json" />

But that requires a Dojo XMLNS declaration at the top of my HTML file, which means I need to find a copy of the Dojo XMLNS DTD. I suspect I'll need to copy it to my server and host it there because I've extended the Dojo toolkit. Will Dojo even pick up on the scoped version?

Answer 1

I don't believe substituting a custom DTD will make your pages validate. Whatever the DTD they are still not valid XHTML. If validation is really important you could try using the Dojo JavaScript library to write out all your widgets instead: http://www.dojoforum.com/node/1182 HTH