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Re: attributes vs. elements

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• Subject: Re: attributes vs. elements
• From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@C...>
• Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:39:02 -0400

At 2002-09-10 13:21 -0400, Maciejewski, Thomas wrote:
>When should one use an element and when should one use an attribute?

Check out http://xml.coverpages.org/elementsAndAttrs.html for a collection 
of opinions.

There are no "right" or "wrong" answers to this question.

I hope this helps.

....................... Ken


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