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Please preserve the following when adding files here:
-All documents except the two standard MIDI ones have the conventional naming
-scheme Manufacturer_Model.midnam, with spaces replaced with underscores.
+All documents except MIDI.midnam have the conventional naming scheme
+Manufacturer_Model.midnam, with spaces replaced with underscores.
-All documents validate against MIDINameDocument10.dtd. Please ensure any
-changes or additions do not break the documents. To check, run:
+All documents validate against MIDINameDocument10.dtd. Often the DOCTYPE needs
+to be updated to the standard one, many old .midnam files use outdated versions
+with broken links.
-xmllint --dtdvalid MIDINameDocument10.dtd My_Device.midnam > /dev/null
+To validate a document, run:
+
+xmllint --dtdvalid MIDINameDocument10.dtd Acme_Synthomatic.midnam > /dev/null
The same tool can be used to format the file nicely:
-xmllint --format My_Device.ugly.midnam > My_Device.midnam
+xmllint --format My_Device.ugly.midnam > Acme_Synthomatic.midnam