Hello.
I'm new to XML, so this may be a fairly easy question to answer. I was wondering if there is a standard way of referencing external XML files from within other XML files. Let me give an example. Say you have a file which defines a single object that holds a large amount of data:
<person>
<name>John</name>
<age>18</age>
<hair>Brown</hair>
<eyes>Blue</eyes>
</person>
For the sake of this question, pretend that person holds loads of other information. Pretend the file is like 10 MB.
Now, let's say you have another XML file which defines a group:
<group>
<person>
<name>John</name>
<age>18</age>
<hair>Brown</hair>
<eyes>Blue</eyes>
</person>
<person>
<name>Kim</name>
<age>21</age>
<hair>Blue</hair>
<eyes>Green</eyes>
</person>
<person>
<name>Sean</name>
<age>22</age>
<hair>Black</hair>
<eyes>Brown</eyes>
</person>
</group>
As you can see, if Person's were very large, the Group file would be extremely large. So, if we have something like John.xml, is there a standard way to reference it in Group.xml without explicitly defining all of John's data? I'm sure this is a very broad topic, so feel free to link me to any relevant web pages. Thanks!