A.,

With XML Schema you may define 2 elements of the same name only if one
is global and the other local, or if both are local.

Hope that helps,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

chasee wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> can anyone give an opinion on the following:
>
> I am using schema to define the xml document structure. Is it valid
> for several elements with the same name and type to appear in
> different places in the same document? One at the top level and
> others are children of elements at different levels. Are they the same
> elements at all?
>
> Thank you,
> A.
>
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