> Didn't anyone ever mention in the
> microsoft camp there that xml elements named as field names is a bad
> idea?  That it is a much more useful source if the xml elements are
> all named the same?  

Oddly, over on xml-dev people are busy complaining about formats that do

<div class="monty">
  <span class="python"/>
</div

rather than

<monty><python/></monty>

Why do you think it's bad to use field names as element names?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/