General xml question from newbie

[js]

Can a child tag have the same name as its parent?

eg

<root>
<aaa>
</aaa>

<bbb>
<ccc>
</ccc>
</bbb>

<ddd>
<ddd>
</ddd>
<ddd>
</ddd>
</ddd>
</root>

Brad.

 

[Francesc Guim Bernat]

hi Brad,

There is no problem that a child tag has the same name as its parent. You're sample looks right, it's a well-formed XML.

Francesc

 

[Marcio DeBarros]

In the same line of question....

Can a tag under different parents have the same name ?

E.g.:

<root>
<username>
</username>
<message>
<username>
</username>
</message>

</root>

Thanks

MD.

 

[Martin Boehm]

Can a tag under different parents have the same name ?

E.g.:

<root>
<username></username>
<message>
<username></username>
</message>
</root>

I reformatted your code a little for easier reading.
Of course this XML fragment is well-formed. If it is valid depends on what you want, e.g. what your Schema/DTD requires (if you decide to supply one).

As far as well-formedness goes, you can put any element into any element, as long as you do not break nesting, like:

<root>
<username>
<message></username>
</message>
</root>

Martin