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I've seen the following cd_dynamic_conf section in a few examples online (on YATB and SO).

<TCDLEngine>
    <Renderer Class="com.tridion.tcdl.TCDLRenderer">
        <Properties>
            <Property Name="prop1" Value="value1" />
            <Property Name="prop2" Value="value2" />
        </Properties>
    </Renderer>
</TCDLEngine>

The schema (schemas/cd_dynamic_conf.xsd) and documentation (requires login) suggest Renderer doesn't belong. For example, I see in cd_core log:

2013-07-30 20:09:28,848 ERROR XMLConfigurationReader - Error while validating file 'cd_dynamic_conf.xml' with schema 'schemas/cd_dynamic_conf.xsd'. cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'Renderer'. One of '{Properties, TagBundle}' is expected.

The custom SDL Live Content example (requires login) has:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TCDLEngine>
  <Properties>
    <Property Name="myEngineProperty" Value="myEngineValue" />
  </Properties>
  <Tags>
    <Tag Namespace="tcdl" Name="FooApp">
      <Handler Class="com.mycompany.FooAppTagHandler" />
    </Tag>
  </Tags>
</TCDLEngine>

In a related ServerFault post at least in 2013 and UGC TagBundle is okay directly under TCDLEngine.

Is the Renderer node needed and can I remove it? Or in other words, does this control my setup's TCDLRendering?

Update: Removing the parent Renderer node and just leaving properties seems to work okay (after restarting everything). The xsd might be outdated then. Sorry, got this backwards--the old format is outdated, the documentation and xsd seem to be correct. See answer below.

<!--<Renderer Class="com.tridion.tcdl.TCDLRenderer">-->
    <Properties>
       <Property Name="prop1" Value="value1"/>
       <Property Name="prop2" Value="value2"/>
     </Properties>
<!--</Renderer>-->

Examples appreciated but I'll report back any followup. I'd imagine we'd at least want to optionally use the Properties section.

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  • My experience is that schema changes occasionally get forgotten when a new release is made.
    – Dominic Cronin
    Commented Aug 1, 2013 at 22:11
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    I agree with @DominicCronin, but typically if you see such errors in the logfile and the documentation (or your working example) tell you there is a mismatch, you should report it to Customer Support so the error can be fixed (by a documentation or Schema update, whatever is appropriate).
    – Bart Koopman
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 8:08
  • btw. could it be that the properties section is only there for Nuno and Mihai?
    – Bart Koopman
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 8:10
  • Good idea, I've shared the scenario with Support. In this case the documentation and the logfile match and suggest <Renderer Class="com.tridion.tcdl.TCDLRenderer"> probably isn't needed. But it seems significant enough that I'd rather check to be sure.
    – Alvin Reyes
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 8:51
  • It is very possible we're getting and sharing the same setting (copy/paste error?). Though I see the renderer tag on both a shared training instance as well as my "personal" VM.
    – Alvin Reyes
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 9:01

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A documentation defect was put in for this. 2013 GA cd_dynamic_conf.xsd does not have Renderer now. The sample config file also does not include this anymore. So if you upgraded from 2011/2011 SP1, the Renderer part is there but it will continue to work. Just that validation error is thrown. The doc defect requests the CD config upgrade section include a note about this so as to avoid such an error.

Amit Mehta

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  • Much appreciated, Amit. I removed the unneeded tag and this matches the system.
    – Alvin Reyes
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 18:43
  • Follow-up: this is described in (at least) the SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 Upgrade Manual that the Renderer section no longer applies, especially if upgrading from 2011 or 2011 SP1.
    – Alvin Reyes
    Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 5:01

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