Hi ronaldb66 - yep that makes sense to me, and one of my attempts is in a similar format, I was just wondering if there is a 'right' or more importantly a 'wrong' way to structure the data ?
i.e. are there any 'no-nos' apart from the basic validity of the XML, in fact are there any rules at all past basic validity?, all the XML stuff I have read lends me to believe not apart from 'known' formats such as RSS/RDF documents and even then these are not always strictly adhered to.