RE: Attributes vs Elements

Subject: RE: Attributes vs Elements
From: "DuCharme, Robert" <Robert.DuCharme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:06:41 -0400
>What are the advantages of writing XML using attributes vs elements?

In a 6/16 answer to the same question on xml-dev (it's not an XSL question),
Mike Kay wrote:

   Beginners always ask this question.
   Those with a little experience express their opinions passionately.
   Experts tell you there is no right answer.

See http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/elementsAndAttrs.html for a more
extensive discussion. 

Bob DuCharme       www.snee.com/bob       <bob@  
snee.com>  see www.snee.com/bob/xmlann for "XML:
The Annotated Specification" from Prentice Hall.


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