The standard solution is to structure the data properly, so you have a <person> which contains all the information about a person, rather than relying on sequence of children to imply grouping.
If you must rely on sequence, basically you're writing a simple FSM that accumulates data, acting on that accumulated info and resetting each time it sees a new <name> (or when it runs out of children). Standard SAX processing; you should be able to find lots of examples on the web. ______________________________________ "... Three things see no end: A loop with exit code done wrong, A semaphore untested, And the change that comes along. ..." -- "Threes" Rev 1.1 - Duane Elms / Leslie Fish (http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/threes-rev-11.html)
