Re: XML element references/links.

I started with "artist", although this won't work for compilation albums. <artist website="http://www.jenkraatz.com" name="Jen Kraatz"> <album title="Ashes EP" releaseDate="2003" label="RounderRecords.xml" jpg_loc="http://www.jenkraatz.com/ashes.jpg"> <title length="4:16">Square</title> <title length="3:21">A Bee</title> <title length="14:32">Moon Jammies</title> </album> </artist> I'm grouping mine by artist, then by album. In <album> I can get myXML.child_nodes(1).child_nodes(1).length to find out how many songs there are and do a loop to display them. The more loops the better. I can also myXML.child_nodes(1).length to find out how many albums this artist has. I try to cram as much <album> information into the attributes in the <album> tag. Since this artist uses a record label that is common to other artists, I'll just link to an XML file that has that label's information. Sort of a Relational Database model. If I had a compilation album: <artist website="" name="compilation"> <album title="Smokin' Beats" releaseDate="2004" label="mysticRecords.xml" jpg_loc="http://www.mystic.com/smokinBeats.jpg"> <title length="4:21" artist="Rock Plaza Central>Quantum Butterass</title> <title length="5:12" artist="The Oblio Joes">Swallow the Moon</title> etc. </album> </artist> HTH