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> Consider this XML snippet: > > <altitude units="feet">12000</altitude> > > I have heard it stated: > > The units attribute provides data about the > element's data. That is, units provides > metadata. > > However, the XML specification makes no such claim about attributes providing "metadata". This is what the XML specification says: > > Attributes are used to associate name-value pairs with elements. > > And then the specification goes on to describe the specific syntax for attributes. > > Thus, attributes don't provide data about an element's content. Attributes don't provide metadata. That's a bit like arguing "The XML specification doesn't say that 12000 is an integer. Therefore 12000 is not an integer." Michael Kay Saxonica
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