xml-dev - Recursive Children?

[Brian Burridge <brian_burridge@coxtarget.com>]

Does anyone know if (and how) I can have one element contain itself?

For example, if I want to model web sites sections. A section can
contain other "sub"sections, which can contain other "sub"sections.

Can I do this:
<!ELEMENT section (name, description, section+)+>

So that my xml can be:
<section>
    <name>About Us</name>
    <description>The About Us section</description>
    <section>
        <name>Press Releases</name>
        <description>Press Releases</description>
    </section>
    <section>
        <name>Contact Us</name>
        <description>Phone numbers and emails for
personnel</description>
    </section>
</section>

I could model it with Section, and then "subSection" but that would only
give me two levels. If I wanted any number of levels, then I'd need to
allow the parent to contain itself.

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Brian N. Burridge
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