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  is the data-name of an entry that contains the OCCURS clause or an
  entry subordinate to it.  Key-name can be qualified.  Each key-name
  after the first must name an entry subordinate to the entry that
  contains the OCCURS clause.  The values in each key-name are the
  basis of the ascending or descending arrangement of the table's
  repeated data.
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