--- a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/DatabaseConnectionConvertorTest.java	
+++ a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/DatabaseConnectionConvertorTest.java	
@@ -134,13 +134,16 @@ 
         
         Document goldenDoc = null;
         input = getClass().getResourceAsStream(goldenFileName);
+        
+        errHandler = new ErrorHandlerImpl();
         try {
-            goldenDoc = XMLUtil.parse(new InputSource(input), true, true, null, EntityCatalog.getDefault());
+            goldenDoc = XMLUtil.parse(new InputSource(input), true, true, errHandler, EntityCatalog.getDefault());
         } finally {
             input.close();
         }
         
         assertTrue(DOMCompare.compareDocuments(doc, goldenDoc));
+        assertFalse("DatabaseConnectionConvertor generates invalid XML acc to the DTD!", errHandler.error);
     }
     
     public void testSaveOnPropertyChange() throws Exception {
@@ -183,15 +186,20 @@ 
             input.close();
         }
         
+        assertFalse("Error while parsing XML", errHandler.error);
+        
+        errHandler = new ErrorHandlerImpl();
+        
         Document goldenDoc = null;
         input = getClass().getResourceAsStream("bar-connection.xml");
         try {
-            goldenDoc = XMLUtil.parse(new InputSource(input), true, true, null, EntityCatalog.getDefault());
+            goldenDoc = XMLUtil.parse(new InputSource(input), true, true, errHandler, EntityCatalog.getDefault());
         } finally {
             input.close();
         }
         
         assertTrue(DOMCompare.compareDocuments(doc, goldenDoc));
+        assertFalse("Error while parsing XML", errHandler.error);
     }
     
     public void testLookup() throws Exception {
--- a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/bar-connection.xml	
+++ a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/bar-connection.xml	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
-<!DOCTYPE driver PUBLIC '-//NetBeans//DTD Database Connection 1.1//EN' 'http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/connection-1_1.dtd'>
+<!DOCTYPE connection PUBLIC '-//NetBeans//DTD Database Connection 1.1//EN' 'http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/connection-1_1.dtd'>
 <connection>
   <driver-class value='org.bar.BarDriver'/>
   <driver-name value='bar_driver'/>
--- a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/null-pwd-connection.xml	
+++ a/db/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/db/explorer/null-pwd-connection.xml	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
-<!DOCTYPE driver PUBLIC '-//NetBeans//DTD Database Connection 1.1//EN' 'http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/connection-1_1.dtd'>
+<!DOCTYPE connection PUBLIC '-//NetBeans//DTD Database Connection 1.1//EN' 'http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/connection-1_1.dtd'>
 <connection>
   <driver-class value='org.bar.BarDriver'/>
   <driver-name value='bar_driver'/>