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RE: Attribute Usage

• To: "Doug Rudder" <drudder@d...>, <Farid.Mahini@L...>, <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Attribute Usage
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:11:12 -0500
• Thread-index: AcUo2jV/3teQtTaJS4GU5yGc1xCiQwAe3Icg
• Thread-topic: Attribute Usage

Also:

3. Order of attributes is not enforced (i.e. a processor is not required
to retain the order)

Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Rudder [mailto:drudder@d...] 
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 4:07 PM
> To: 'Farid.Mahini@L...'; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE:  Attribute Usage
> 
> It's a pretty subjective concept, and there is no hard and 
> fast rule of law.
> Generally speaking:
> 
> 1.	Attributes are metadata (information about information) 
> and usually
> represent properties of information.  They can't contain 
> mixed content or child elements, and don't define structure 
> in the document.
> 
> 2.	Elements are data and represent components of 
> information.  They can
> contain mixed content and child elements. Elements provide 
> both content definition and structure to the document. 
> 
> An ID would be a good example of an attribute.  It does not 
> define content or structure, but does provide a unique 
> identifier for an element that does.
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Farid.Mahini@L... [mailto:Farid.Mahini@L...]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:01 PM
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  Attribute Usage
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What is the purpose of element attribute?  And is there a 
> usage rule-of-thumb for element attribute (attribute vs. 
> child element) ? 
> Thanx,
> -Farid
>  
> 
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