RE: [xml-dev] What's wrong w/ nested elements?

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Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
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"'Bryce K. Nielsen'" <>,
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2004-06-07T19:50:36Z
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RE: [xml-dev] What's wrong w/ nested elements?
Some hit the same wall here.  Hence, the local copies of a competitor's 
product.

I understand Dare's explanation as to how, but not why.  It seems 
shortsighted.

len


From: Bryce K. Nielsen [mailto:]

> The tool is okay w/ element (c) being contained under more than one
> parent. And even (b) can be present more than once under either (a1) or
> (a2) but not under both (a1) and (a2)simultaneously.
>

Actually, it wouldn't accept that either, it's just the parser errored out
on the <b> element before it could find a <c> element. There is no way to do
this within VisualStudio, it's a limitation within the tool. They are trying
to make the schema fit into a relational model, which means imposing
limitations on the schema language.