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SMGL - Sméagol's Marked-Up Gollum Language

Rules:

1. The root element is always <SMÉAGOL> because it's always abouts us.


2. All elements should contain namespaces referring to global standards even though the markup is not global in nature, for instance: <HOBBIT xmlns:foo="http://www.middleearth.org/" xmlns="http://www.thestrugglefortheonering.org/">.


3. Sméagol's default namespace always has two versions: <?Sméagol version="2.0"?>.


4. <HOBBIT> elements must always have a default attribute labeling them either "DIRTY" or "TRICKSY".


5. If a <HOBBIT> element is in the markup, the DTD requires a <POCKETS> tag as well.


6. If there is a PRECIOUS text node in any <POCKET><CONTENT/> element, you must include a processing instruction that results in the elimination the <HOBBIT> node. Be careful, programming this is difficult and XML spiders are not entirely reliable.


7. <DÉAGOL> elements may not contain a PRECIOUS text node.


8. Entity expansion is strictly limited to <SAURON> nodes.


9. Always close the markup with an (end/close) </PRECIOUS> tag. You don't need to finish well-forming your markup, just abruptly close.


10. SMGL works best with particularly sensitive parsers - one that analyses and parses elements as carefully and anally as possible, almost obsessively, reparsing several extra times just to ensure content validity and DTD accuracy, is best.