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Re: Terminology: "bind" an attribute to an element?

  • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
  • Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:18:58 +0100

Re:  Terminology: "bind" an attribute to an element?
The usual verb for authoring of data definitions is "define" or "declare".

Michael Kay
Saxonica

On 02/08/2011 13:43, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I seek the correct terminology.
>
> When I declare an element (in a DTD or an XML Schema or a RELAX NG schema):
>
>      I "bind" a name to a data type to create an element.
>
> Is "bind" the correct term?
>
> When I declare that element A has an attribute B:
>
>      I "bind" attribute B to element A.
>
> Is "bind" the correct term?
>
> When I declare that element A consists of elements B, C, D:
>
>      I "bind" elements B, C, D to element A.
>
> Is "bind" the correct term?
>
> If "bind" isn't the correct term, what is the correct term?
>
> /Roger
>
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