HI Michael, Thanks a lot!
I never thought it could be the default value defined in DTD... It is my fault. Yuan Yuan 2008/5/6, Yuan Yuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I used dom.Writer and personal.xml from the Xerces sample. > > but I got an extra contr="false" for element "person" from the output. > > The original xml file is: > > <person id="four.worker"> > <name><family>Worker</family> <given>Four</given></name> > <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> > <link manager="Big.Boss"/> > </person> > > > but I got: > > <person contr="false" id="four.worker"> > <name><family>Worker</family> <given>Four</given></name> > <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> > <link manager="Big.Boss"></link> > </person> > > Could please somebody tell me where is this contr="false" attribute come > from? > > Thanks a lot! > > Yuan Yuan >