Given the service:
> GET /hotel
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< <hotel>
< <a>aaa</a>
< <b>aaa</b>
> <c>aaa</c>
< </hotel>
Should one reference a DTD in the XML returned from the server?
Would this better allow a client to validate the response?
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Considering the markup you have chosen appears to be custom to your requirements then I would expect to see a media-type such as
in your content-type HTTP header. Based on this content-type, the client will know whether it has the knowledge to process this representation.