dtd confusion

[Axel Janssen]

Hi,
came across this one:
I have the following xml file:
<Relation>
<Me>
<Name>
Axel
</Name>
</Me>
<Other>
<Name>
<First>
Joe
</First>

<Last>
Stranger
</Last>
</Name>
</Other>
</Relation>
When I now write a dtd it would look like this:
<!Element Relation (Me, Other) >
<!Element Me (Name) >
<!Element Name (#PCDATA)>
<!Element Other (Name) >
<!Element Name (First, Last) >
<!Element First (#PCDATA)>
<!Element Last (#PCDATA)>
Now there are TWO Name definitions in dtd.
(O.k. I can test it. Will do it later today.)
How does dtd-validator find right definition for tag <name> in dtd for that element. There are 2 definitions?
Or must every tag-name in structure be unique if we use dtd?
Found nothing about this problem in dtd chapter of xml2 by wrox.
Thanks. Axel
[ January 19, 2003: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]

[Ron Newman]

You need to change one of the <Name> elements to something else.

[Steven Broadbent]

I believe only the first definition will
be used.

[Mapraputa Is]

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition):
"Validity constraint: Unique Element Type Declaration
No element type may be declared more than once."
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#elemdecls