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Re: When to use attributes vs. elements

• From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@C...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 12:14:01 -0500

At 99/02/05 08:17 -0800, Peter Seibel wrote:
>Is there an XML philosophy (or an SGML philosophy for that matter) about
>when to use attributes vs when to use elements when desigining a document
>type. 
>...
>But in a case like this is there some principle that would give some
guidence?

Philosphical? No. Religious? Yes. :{)}

Some people fervently *believe* in one way while other *believe* in the
other way.

Here is a public repository of opinion:

  http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/elementsAndAttrs.html

.......... Ken

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