Subject: Re: DTD element ordering From: jta_swets@hgl.signaal.nl (Swets J.T.A.) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 12:09:53 +0200

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Peter N. Schweitzer (peter@geochange.er.usgs.gov) wrote:
: I have a DTD with an element like this:

: 

: This means that NAME must contain A and C, and may contain any number
: of B's.  Further, it means that the elements A, B, and C can occur
: in any order (because I used '&' rather than ',' to separate them).
: However, I observe (using sgmls 1.1.91) that if B is repeated, all
: occurrences of B must be together.....

Have you tried the following?
Any number of B's is allowed, and exactly one A and one C is needed,
the order of A, B's and C is random, I think this can solve the problem.