Re: Basic question on XML structure

I must've missed the original message but I would absolutely have the
<children> parent element present. Defining the schema will be more
straightforward this way. You really don't want a "flat" document
structure where everything is a child of the root node.

Thanks,
Todd Allen
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David

I asked my colleague who uses XML more than I - he likes using
collections for multiples of an item within a parent node, it helps with
iterating over the nodes, since you can find the <children> node
directly, then navigate through the <child> nodes.

Not my knowledge here - just passing on the opinion of a guy I respect.

Vern

David FOXWELL wrote:

Hi all,

A little inexperienced in xml here.

Compare these 2 structures :

<client>
<name>bill</name>
<children>
<child>
<name>jon</name>
</child>
<child>
<name>joe</name>
</child>
</children>
</client>

<client>
<name>bill</name>
<child>
<name>jon</name>
</child>
<child>
<name>joe</name>
</child>
</client>

Are there any advantages or disadvantages to using or not using the

element <children>?

We do not use attributes.


Thanks.

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