A Concrete Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE FAMILYTREE [

  <!ELEMENT FAMILYTREE (PERSON | FAMILY)*>

  <!-- PERSON elements --> 
  <!ELEMENT PERSON (NAME*, BORN*, DIED*, SPOUSE*)>
  <!ATTLIST PERSON 
    ID      ID     #REQUIRED
    FATHER  CDATA  #IMPLIED
    MOTHER  CDATA  #IMPLIED
  >
  <!ELEMENT NAME (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT BORN (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT DIED  (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT SPOUSE EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST SPOUSE IDREF IDREF #REQUIRED>
  
  <!--FAMILY--> 
  <!ELEMENT FAMILY (HUSBAND?, WIFE?, CHILD*) >
  <!ATTLIST FAMILY ID ID #REQUIRED>
  
  <!ELEMENT HUSBAND EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST HUSBAND IDREF IDREF #REQUIRED>
  <!ELEMENT WIFE EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST WIFE IDREF IDREF #REQUIRED>
  <!ELEMENT CHILD EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST CHILD IDREF IDREF #REQUIRED>

]>
<FAMILYTREE>

  <PERSON ID="p1">
    <NAME>Domeniquette Celeste Baudean</NAME>
    <BORN>11 Feb 1858</BORN>
    <DIED>12 Apr 1898</DIED>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p2"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p2">
    <NAME>Jean Francois Bellau</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p1"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p3" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Elodie Bellau</NAME>
    <BORN>11 Feb 1858</BORN>
    <DIED>12 Apr 1898</DIED>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p4"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p4" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>John P. Muller</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p3"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p7">
    <NAME>Adolf Eno</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p6"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p6" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Maria Bellau</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p7"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p5" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Eugene Bellau</NAME>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p8" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Louise Pauline Bellau</NAME>
    <BORN>29 Oct 1868</BORN>
    <DIED>3 May 1938</DIED>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p9"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p9">
    <NAME>Charles Walter Harold</NAME>
    <BORN>about 1861</BORN>
    <DIED>about 1938</DIED>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p8"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p10" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Victor Joseph Bellau</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p11"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p11">
    <NAME>Ellen Gilmore</NAME>
    <SPOUSE IDREF="p10"/>
  </PERSON>

  <PERSON ID="p12" FATHER="p2" MOTHER="p1">
    <NAME>Honore Bellau</NAME>
  </PERSON>

  <FAMILY ID="f1">
    <HUSBAND IDREF="p2"/>
    <WIFE IDREF="p1"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p3"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p5"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p6"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p8"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p10"/>
    <CHILD IDREF="p12"/>
  </FAMILY>

  <FAMILY ID="f2">
    <HUSBAND IDREF="p7"/>
    <WIFE IDREF="p6"/>
  </FAMILY>

</FAMILYTREE>