Microsoft XML - XML Elements Naming

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XML Elements Naming

Abhishek

2004-10-29, 12:14 pm

Hi All,
I have a doubt regarding XML elements naming.
Let say I have an XML document having an element
called <Area></Area>.
If I add a sub-element to the element <Area> with the
same name for e.g.
<Area>
<Area>
</Area>
</Area>
Is the above structure recommendable?
Will this structure cause any problems while parsing the XML file
using MSXML DOM parser?

Please guide me.
Thanks in advance,
Abhishek.

Martin Honnen

2004-10-29, 12:14 pm

Abhishek wrote:

> I have a doubt regarding XML elements naming.
> Let say I have an XML document having an element
> called <Area></Area>.
> If I add a sub-element to the element <Area> with the
> same name for e.g.
> <Area>
> <Area>
> </Area>
> </Area>
> Is the above structure recommendable?

It depends on what kind of Area you have in mind and whether the nesting
of such <Area> elements makes sense for the semantic domain you are
modelling with the XML document.

> Will this structure cause any problems while parsing the XML file
> using MSXML DOM parser?

No, there won't be any problems, you simply will have to <Area> elements
in the DOM tree where on is the child of the other.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Han

2004-10-30, 4:14 am

Arguable, but my personal opinion is No. XML names should represent the
characteristic of the elements and attributes. Not always, but in most
cases, parent and children have different characteristic.

<areas><area/>...</areas>

is reasonable even if it sometimes looks redundant. If you, in some time,
happened to define the structure with XML schema, same names in different
context can raise irrevocable difficulties.

"Abhishek" <abhi_narulkar@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I have a doubt regarding XML elements naming.
> Let say I have an XML document having an element
> called <Area></Area>.
> If I add a sub-element to the element <Area> with the
> same name for e.g.
> <Area>
> <Area>
> </Area>
> </Area>
> Is the above structure recommendable?
> Will this structure cause any problems while parsing the XML file
> using MSXML DOM parser?
>
> Please guide me.
> Thanks in advance,
> Abhishek.
>
>