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RE: Attributes v Elements

• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• To: "Conder, Tom D (N-MAXIM Group)" <tom.d.conder@l...>
• Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:22:17 -0500

This is ONLY a rule of thumb.  If you think of elements 
as having content and attributes for metadata about 
the element itself or it's content, that is a rule 
of thumb.   Attributes are structure poor.

The exceptions are legendary.  As Robin 
says, the technical advantages or one or the other 
are "covered" on his page.

Len 
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h

* Conder, Tom D (N-MAXIM Group) (tom.d.conder@l...) wrote:

> Is there a good reference on the Web offering advice about various design
> decisions I have to make while developing a DTD (or XMLSchema)?
> 
> Is there a simple rule of thumb to apply to the use of attributes?
> 

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