xml-dev - Re: element content vs. element attribute

[Tad McClellan <tadmc@metronet.com>]

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> In other words, when should data be contained by elements?  Or conversely, when
> should data be an attribute of an element instead of contained by that element? 
> I prefer the latter method, given an attributes ability to store CDATA without
                                       ^^^^^^^^^             ^^^^^^^^^^^
> CDATA section delimiters.  OSD and CDF use the former method for:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[ I hope I don't mispeak here. I haven't yet gotten my arms around all
  the differences between XML and SGML. (That's why I am lurking here ;-)

  Someone please correct me if I have it wrong in an XML context
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"CDATA" is "overloaded" in SGML.

CDATA attributes and CDATA marked sections have some significant
semantic differences.

This was discussed in September in comp.text.sgml, in the thread with:

   Subject: CDATA in attributes and content



Where this helpful URL was given (thanks to Joe English):

    http://www.art.com/~joe/sgml/cdata.html


-- 
    Tad McClellan                          SGML Consulting
    tadmc@metronet.com                     Perl programming
    Fort Worth, Texas

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