In message <479F6ECB.8090501@oucs.ox.ac.uk> Sebastian Rahtz > You _could_ organize your family into
> 
>    <listPerson xml:id="Simpsons">
>       <listPerson xml:id="ParentSimpsons">
>           <person xml:id="Home">...</person>
>           <person xml:id="Marge">...</person>
>        </listPerson>
>       </listPerson xml:id="BabySimpsons">    
>          <person xml:id="Maggie">...</person>
>       </listPerson>
>   </listPerson>
> 
> what would be the problem with that?
> the fact that Marge would also occur
> in the Bouvier family?

And if Bart was there as well?  How would I say Marge and Bart were 'the simpsons' in question attending an event?  Pointing to two separate people from the persName just seems to make more sense.

Whatever solution I chose I thought I should raise the issue in case we had missed something specific.


-James