ok, if there is a better xml forum elswehere, tell me .
this is what puzzels me for now.
I am going to create an xml document with a dtd. and this is what I have to record.
Olympic Atlanta 1996
Results sprint 100m
person: Donovan Bailey (Canada) time: 09.84
person: Michael March (USA) time: 10.00
results sprint 200m
....
Next olympic...
What I see here is that I can create one record of persons (name, country ++ ), and one record (game, type, results ). But wether I make an xml doc based on (game, type) and record athletes and their results .... or based on (name, country ++ ) and record game, type, results.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc_root [
<!ELEMENT doc_root (event*)>
<!ELEMENT event (name, place, year, athletes*)>
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT place (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT year (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT athletes (firstname, lastname, country, results*)>
<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results (category*)>
<!ELEMENT category (cat_name, type*)>
<!ELEMENT cat_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT type (typ_name, result)>
<!ELEMENT typ_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT result (#PCDATA)>
]>
<doc_root>
<event>
<name>Olympic games</name>
<place>Atlanta</place>
<year>1996</year>
<athletes>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<lastname>March</lastname>
<country>USA</country>
<results>
<category>
<cat_name>Sprint</cat_name>
<type>
<typ_name>100m</typ_name>
<result>10.00</result>
</type>
<type>
<typ_name>200m</typ_name>
<result>20.48</result>
</type>
</category>
</results>
</athletes>
<athletes>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<lastname>Johnson</lastname>
<country>USA</country>
<results>
<category>
<cat_name>Sprint</cat_name>
<type>
<typ_name>200m</typ_name>
<result>19.32</result>
</type>
</category>
</results>
</athletes>
</event>
<event>
<name>Olympic games</name>
<place>Barcelona</place>
<year>1992</year>
<athletes>
<firstname>Donovan</firstname>
<lastname>Bailey</lastname>
<country>Canada</country>
<results>
<category>
<cat_name>Sprint</cat_name>
<type>
<typ_name>100m</typ_name>
<result>09.84</result>
</type>
</category>
</results>
</athletes>
</event>
</doc_root>
or...
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc_root [
<!ELEMENT doc_root (event*)>
<!ELEMENT event (name, place, year, results*)>
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT place (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT year (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results (category*)>
<!ELEMENT category (cat_name, type*)>
<!ELEMENT cat_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT type (typ_name, athletes*)>
<!ELEMENT typ_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT athletes (firstname, lastname, result, country)>
<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT result (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country (#PCDATA)>
]>
<doc_root>
<event>
<name>Olympiske leker</name>
<place>Atlanta</place>
<year>1996</year>
<results>
<category>
<cat_name>Sprint</cat_name>
<type>
<typ_name>100m</typ_name>
<athletes>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<lastname>March</lastname>
<result>09.84</result>
<country>USA</country>
</athletes>
<athletes>
<firstname>Donovan</firstname>
<lastname>Bailey</lastname>
<result>10.00</result>
<country>Canada</country>
</athletes>
</type>
<type>
<typ_name>200m</typ_name>
<athletes>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<lastname>March</lastname>
<result>19.32</result>
<country>USA</country>
</athletes>
<athletes>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<lastname>Bailey</lastname>
<result>20.48</result>
<country>Canada</country>
</athletes>
</type>
</category>
</results>
</event>
<event>
<name>Olympiske leker</name>
<place>Barcelona</place>
<year>1992</year>
<results>
<category>
<cat_name>Sprint</cat_name>
<type>
<typ_name>100m</typ_name>
</type>
<type>
<typ_name>200m</typ_name>
</type>
</category>
</results>
</event>
</doc_root>
if there is a better way to avoid re-typing the same info over and over again, tell me about it. Now I have to choose to retype each athletes, or each game ...
