> What does "valid" mean here? If it has its technical XML sense, thenn no,
> the document instance will be valid staring from any root as long as
> you mention that element in the DOCTYPE declaration.
>
> If you mean that some later-stage application will barf unless it sees a
> specific root, then you may be right.
I meant the barfing semantics. Valid was clearly a poor choice of words.
-- Ron