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RE: Attributes vs Elements
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Attributes vs Elements
- From: "DuCharme, Robert" <Robert dot DuCharme at moodys dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:06:41 -0400
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
>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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