Newbie wants to index XML content.

[Marcelo Iturbe]

Hello,
I've been reading up on how to index XML content but have a few questions.

How is data in element attributes handled or defined? How are nested
elements handled?

In the following XML structure, I want to index the content of what is
between the <entry> tags.
In one XML document, there can be up to 100 <entry> tags.
So the <entry> tag would be equivalent to the <doc> tag...

Can I somehow index this XML "as is" or will I have to parse it, creating
the <doc> tag and placing all the elements on the same level?

Thanks for your help.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
    <source>manual</source>
    <author>
        <name>MC Anon User</name>
        <email>mca...@mcdomain.com</email>
    </author>

    <entry>
        <name>
            <fullname>John Smith</fullname>
        </name>
        <email>jsmit...@gmail.com</email>
    </entry>

    <entry>
        <name>
            <fullname>First Last</fullname>
            <firstname>First</firstname>
            <lastname>Last</lastname>
        </name>
        <organization>
            <name>MC S.A.</name>
            <tittle>CIO</tittle>
        </organization>
        <email type="work" primary="true">fi...@mcdomain.com</email>
        <email>flas...@yahoo.com</email>
        <phoneNumber type="work" primary="true">+5629460600</phoneNumber>
        <im carrier="gtalk" primary="true">fi...@mcdomain.com</im>
        <im carrier="skype">First.Last</im>
        <postalAddress>111 Bude St, Toronto</postalAddress>
        <custom name="blog">http://blog.mcdomain.com/</custom>
    </entry>
</root>

regards
Marcelo
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