hi Neal,

what should i understand ?

"
-the section element must have an id attribute which value must be :
   -'report definition' if the host element is root
   -'officers' if the parent of the host element is identified with 
'report definition'
   -'secretary' if ...
   -'name' or 'appointment date' or ... if ...
"

is that your assertions ?

Cross, Neal - Senior Developer wrote:
> I have found that a schema is of no use to us at all because of the way that our XML is structured:-
> 
> <section id="report definition">
> 	<section id="officers">
> 		<section id="secretary" limit="2">
> 			<section id="name"/>
> 			<section id="appointment date"/>
> 			<section id="date of birth"/>
> 			<section id="occupation"/>
> 			<section id="address"/>
> 			<section id="disqualified flag"/>
> 			<section id="disqualified reason"/>
> 			<section id="disqualified start"/>
> 			<section id="disqualified end"/>
> 			<section id="previous address" limit="1">
> 				<section id="address"/>
> 			</section>
> 
> etc, etc.
> 
> Now, how do I create a schema to represent this considering that is is indexed by the attribute value of id?
>