def parse(self, elt, ps):
        '''elt -- the DOM element being parsed
        ps -- the ParsedSoap object.
        '''
        self.checkname(elt, ps)
        if len(_children(elt)) == 0:
            href = _find_href(elt)
            if not href:
                if self.nilled(elt, ps) is False:
                    return []
                if self.nillable is True: 
                    return Nilled
                raise EvaluateException('Required string missing',
                        ps.Backtrace(elt))
            if href[0] != '#':
                return ps.ResolveHREF(href, self)
            elt = ps.FindLocalHREF(href, elt)
            self.checktype(elt, ps)

        if self.nilled(elt, ps): return Nilled
        if len(_children(elt)) == 0: return []

        v = self.simple_value(elt, ps)
        return self.text_to_data(v, elt, ps)
elt -- the DOM element being parsed
        ps -- the ParsedSoap object.