First off, i really think you should change the structure of your XML to something like: def.xml

Why? Why would you pervert a perfectly logical, not to mention practical, document structure, in order for your code to be easier to write? The original format makes sense, why add extra tags everywhere to avoid having to deal with mixed content? Mixed content exists, it's there for a good reason: that's how you write documents.

What happens if you have more than one definition in the section? Would you have this:

<part id="1">
      <info>infoinfostuffhere</info>
      <def word="someword">some definition of the word</def>
      <extra>more info and notes</extra>
      <extradef word="someword">some definition of an other word</extr
+adef>
      <doubleextra>even more info and notes</doubleextra>
   </part>

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I don't think it would make sense either!

In reply to Re: (jeffa) Re: Picking an XML Module by mirod
in thread Picking an XML Module by ninja-joe

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