[Paul Prescod]
> target-element matches an element, not the lack of an element.
> Consider:
> 
> <element type="list">
>         <element type="item" count="any">
>                 <target-element ....>
>         </element>
> </element>

[Matti Katajamaki]
> In my mind if <a><b><c> are elements of type "item" the rule [above]
> would match each of them as a target element.

Sorry.  "Element type" is a precise term; the generic identifier is
the element type name, and <element type="FOO"> matches exactly and
only the elements whose type name is "FOO".  The element <a> is an
element of type "a"; <b> is an element of type "b", and so on.  So you
are correct that *if* <a><b><c> are elements of type "item"..., but
they're not.

See section 3.1 of REC-xml-19980210, specifically the paragraph after
the "Start-tag" productions.

-Chris
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