A Document Type Definition (DTD) describes the structure of the XML document. It defines the rules to which the elements of the document abide, such that it can be parsed...
The statements used to exclude or include a section(s) in DTD are called conditional statements IGNORE and INCLUDE or in other words conditional statements INCLUDE
For attribute declaration, the list of allowable attributes for each element is declared in DTD.
Syntax for attributes declaration in XML
<!ATTLIST elementName ...