Re: [xml-dev] 'is-a' Relationships in XML?

[ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)]

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stephengreenubl@gmail.com writes:

> So making an 'employee' element  a child of an 'employer' element
> clearly implies some semantics that the employer 'has' the employees.

Not without some background agreement/assertions/documentation.  You
might find the following of interest:

Normal Form Conventions for XML Representations of Structured Data
        http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/normalForms.html

ht
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