Elements are the basic building blocks of XML and all documents will have at least one element called root element that is the parent of all other elements. Once the XML prolog is finished you need to create the root element of the document. Everything else in the document lies under this element to form a hierarchical tree.
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The elements in an XML document form a document tree. The tree starts at the root and branches to the lowest level of the tree. All elements can have sub elements (child elements).
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Underneath the root element can lie other elements. These nested elements can be used to show individual or repetitive items of data depending on what you are trying to represent. For example, your root element could be
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