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Document Type Property Sheet Field

The data written to the Document Type property sheet field is read by your editor application when you open a data object in the SDL Contenta application.

The editor matches the data in the Document Type field with a key under:

Tools > Options > Tool Preferences > Global > Document Types.

The editor looks for the values for PUBID, DATATYPE, and XMLDECL to build a header. PUBID must be defined. The defaults are appropriate for XML. If using SGML you must specify the DATATYPE as SGML. The editors assume the following defaults if not defined:
DATATYPE xml
XMLDECL <?xml version=”1.0”? >

Refer to the SDL Contenta Administration User Guide for more information about the Document Type field and configuring the options for Tool Preferences.