Hi,

I have this structure:

<a>
<repeated_part>
<just_the_same_thing_and_more/>
</repeated_part>
</a>
<b>
<repeated_part>
<just_the_same_thing_and_more/>
</repeated_part>
</b>

Is it possible to refactor this at text doc level to something like this:

<repeated_part>
<just_the_same_thing_and_more/>
</repeated_part>
<a>
<reference to the repeated_part>
</a>
<b>
<reference to the repeated_part>
</b>

Pls note: I want parse this DOC and work with the DOM.
After parsing and using the DOM the tree should be very similar to the first
case:
The node <A> should have a child node <repeated part>

Is there any standard XML solution?

thx for answers

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There are two standard XML solutiuons here - XSLT and DOM manipulation.
Take which is easier to you. I'd go for XSLT.

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Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, XmlInsider]