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To associate an XML document with an external DTD, add a DOCTYPE element to the beginning of your XML document. The DOCTYPE element should be immediately after the XML declaration element. The format of the DOCTYPE element is
Replace root_element_name with the name of the root element in your XML document.
Replace path_to_dtd with the path for the DTD you want your document to use.