XML elements

The DTD (Document Type Definition) defines the following XML elements. The relationships between elements define the structure of a Requirements Specification.

XML Element Attributes Meaning
<rc:rqmspec> Requirements Specification
Chapter Sections
<rc:scope> Scope section
<rc:general> General section
<rc:system> System section
<rc:services> Services section
<rc:appendix> Appendix section
<rc:psection> Plain text section
<rc:rsection> Requirements text section
<rc:definitions> Definitions section
<rc:actors> Actors section
<rc:abbreviations> Abbreviations section
<rc:references> References section
<rc:para> id="1" ref="2" Plain text paragraph
<c:rationale> Rationale
Requirement element
<rc:requirement> Requirement
<rc:tag> rev="A" Requirement tag
<rc:text> ref="3" Requirement text
<rc:example> Requirement example section
List elements
<rc:bulletlist> Bulleted list
<rc:numlist> Numeric list
<rc:bulletitem> Bulleted item
<rc:numitem> id="1" Numeric item
Table elements
<rc:table> Table
<rc:tblheader> Table header
<rc:tblbody> Table body
<rc:tblrow> Table row
<rc:tblcell> width="100" Table cell
Specification Information
<rc:lan> Specification language (type of English)
<rc:docno> Specification Identity (document number)
<rc:copyright> Copyright statement
<rc:revhistory> Revision history
<rc:revnumber> Revision number
<rc:date> Date
<rc:author> Author
<rc:title> Specification title
<rc:subtitle> Specification subtitle
<rc:classification> Specification classification
<rc:dtd-version> id="1.2" DTD version
<rc:metainfo> Meta information
<rc:metakey> Meta key
<rc:metavalue> Meta value
<rc:toc> Table of content (always empty)
Other elements
<rc:heading> id="1.1" Section, Rationale or Example Heading
<rc:actor> Actor
<rc:definition> Definition
<rc:abbreviation> Abbreviation
<rc:term> Term
<rc:reference> Reference
<rc:refid> Reference identity
<rc:figure> src="path", width="100", height=100" Figure
<rc:caption> id="1" Figure or Table caption
<rc:text> ref="3" Definition, abbreviation and actor text

Related Topics

The structure of the Requirements Specification (part 1)

The structure of the Requirements Specification (part 2)

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