Should I be able to do this in an XML schema?
<POT_EXAM_SCORE>
<POT_EXAM_SCORE>1234</POT_EXAM_SCORE>
</POT_EXAM_SCORE>
As written, I do not get any data for POT_EXAM_SCORE, and do only if I give the lower level element a unique name. Can this be made to work as written?
Why are you nesting identical elements?
You can do it if you’re willing to write your own XML parser, but it sure seems like it’d be a lot simpler to just give the outer tag a different name (POT_EXAM_SCORES, perhaps?).
I’m not writing them, I’m only using them. I’m new to XML and want to look like I know what I’m talking about when I speak with those who will have to make changes.
Thanks.
How are you parsing this XML data? That is, when you say, “I do not get any data for…”, how are you “getting” the data? Is there a custom application stepping through it? Are you feeding it into an XSL stylesheet?
I don’t recall anything in the XML spec that prohibits people from nesting elements with identical names. That being said, I can’t think of a single reason why anyone would want to do that, anyway - it only clouds up the schema (as toadspittle and ultrafilter had mentioned).
LilShieste