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Gustaf, Given your use of a <reporter> element name here, I can see how one can view the element name as data rather than metadata. Having said that, consider the following alternate representation: <PersonDetails> <Name>John Smith</Name> <Profession>reporter</Profession> ...more elements here, perhaps address, etc.... </PersonDetails> In which case "reporter" is data that is described by the metadata "Profession". You could also have (I am using a more descriptive element name here than "reporter"): <ReporterName>John Smith</ReporterName> In which "ReporterName" is metadata that describes "John Smith". So yes, there are multiple ways to think about it - it mostly depends on how you represent things. Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Gustaf Liljegren wrote: > > I've heard some people say that the markup is by itself metadata, that an > element's name is metadata, because it describes the element's content: > > <reporter> <-- This is metadata > John Smith <-- This is data > </reporter> > > Isn't this wrong? Comparing to what I learned from Dublin Core, metadata is > data too. It's not just the name of a property. I'd say it's the element's > context that decides whether <reporter> is a data or a metadata element. > > <reporter> <-- This is just the name of a property > John Smith <-- This may be metadata, depending on the element's context > </reporter> > > Is this the right way to think about metadata in XML? > > Gustaf > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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