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Re: Six Reasons Not to use XML Attributes

• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@us.ibm.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:23:10 -0500

Some of the xml attributes become impossible: xml:space, xmlns (some would 
consider that a good thing:); xml:id becomes more complex, as in 
node()[./id='...myid...'] which is also a bit more expensive and less 
friendly for streaming. Also specifying the constraint that ID's are 
unique within a document becomes harder to do.  And once you do that, you 
are headed down the path of taking away *more* element names from general 
use, which XML doesn't do now.

        /r$

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STSM, WebSphere Appliance Architect
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• References:
  • Six Reasons Not to use XML Attributes
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: Six Reasons Not to use XML Attributes
    • From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
  • RE: Six Reasons Not to use XML Attributes
    • From: David Lee <dlee@calldei.com>
  • Re: Six Reasons Not to use XML Attributes
    • From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>