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DocumentType interface
Each Document has a doctype attribute whose value is either null or a DocumentType object. The DocumentType interface in the DOM Core provides an interface to the list of entities that are defined for the document, and little else because the effect of namespaces and the various XML schema efforts on DTD representation are not clearly understood as of this writing.
The DOM Level 2 doesn't support editing DocumentType nodes.
entities attribute
A NamedNodeMap containing the general entities, both external and internal, declared in the DTD. Parameter entities are not contained. Duplicates are discarded. For example in:
<!DOCTYPE ex SYSTEM "ex.dtd" [
<!ENTITY foo "foo">
<!ENTITY bar "bar">
<!ENTITY bar "bar2">
<!ENTITY % baz "baz">
]>
<ex/>
the interface provides access to foo and the first declaration of bar but not the second declaration of bar or baz. Every node in this map also implements the Entity interface.
The DOM Level 2 does not support editing entities, therefore entities cannot be altered in any way.
entities
Access
read-only
Returns
NamedNodeMap
internalSubset attribute
The internal subset as a string.
* 
The actual content returned depends on how much information is available to the implementation. This may vary depending on various parameters, including the XML processor used to build the document.
internalSubset
Access
read-only
Returns
String
name attribute
The name of DTD; i.e., the name immediately following the DOCTYPE keyword.
name
Access
read-only
Returns
String
notations attribute
A NamedNodeMap containing the notations declared in the DTD. Duplicates are discarded. Every node in this map also implements the Notation interface.
The DOM Level 2 does not support editing notations, therefore notations cannot be altered in any way.
notations
Access
read-only
Returns
NamedNodeMap
publicId attribute
The public identifier of the external subset.
publicId
Access
read-only
Returns
String
systemId attribute
The system identifier of the external subset.
systemId
Access
read-only
Returns
String