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Re: is this good practice ?

Subject: Re: is this good practice ?
From: Pavel Lepin
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:35:44 +0300
Newsgroups: comp.text.xml


Gieke <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<4888983e$0$1604$6c56d894@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> It's about repeating a tag within a tag that contains also
> other things. an example to make it clear:
> 
> <basicFlightInfo>
>   <flightDetails>
>     <departureDate>011008</departureDate>
>     <departureTime>0834</departureTime>
>   </flightDetails>
>   <departureLocation>
>     <cityAirport>ZWE</cityAirport>
>   </departureLocation>
>   <productTypeDetail>D</productTypeDetail>
>   <productTypeDetail>702</productTypeDetail>
>   <productTypeDetail>ET</productTypeDetail>
> </basicFlightInfo>
> 
> Is it allowed to repeat the <productTypeDetail> ?

It is definitely allowed.

> Would it be better to nest it in another tag, like :
> <details>
>  <productTypeDetail>D</productTypeDetail>
>   <productTypeDetail>702</productTypeDetail>
>   <productTypeDetail>ET</productTypeDetail>
> </details>
> 
> Or is it necessary to do so ?

This is by no means necessary, but a good practice in my
opinion. Well-structured documents are much easier to
process.

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