Modify parser to use DOM methods instead of simplexml. This removes some of the validation code as well as some of the previously required string transformations.
Modify parser to use DOM methods instead of simplexml. This removes some of
the validation code as well as some of the previously required string
transformations.

If the document validates against the DTD we are garunteed certain things
about the document. For example, we know that there will always be an attribute
called 'type' for property elements even if it isn't explicitly set in the XML.


svn commit r1988

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