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Re: [xml-dev] Can i specify more than one root element in the specification?
by Thomas B. Passin other posts by this author
Sep 23 2002 1:12PM messages near this date
RE: [xml-dev] Can i specify more than one root element in the specification? | RE: [xml-dev] Underwhelmed (WAS: [xml-dev] XOM micro tutorial)
[James Fuller]
> 
>  xml defines that any xml document should have one root node, xml schema
will
>  undoubtably follow this rule. so no you cant do this and it is not
allowed.
> 

Any one xml document can only have one root element, but an XML Schema
allows any global element to be the root of an instance document.  So Vinood
can write a schema to allow (a choice of) several root elements.

Cheers,

Tom P



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