xml-dev - Re: Attributes VS Elements

[Philip Gooch <philg@easynet.co.uk>]

There's an interesting discussion of this at:

http://www.xmleverywhere.com/newsletters/20000525.htm

Attributes vs elements = data-centric vs document-centric - it partly
depends on what you're modelling whether you use one or the other.
Generally, I'd say you should use elements for content that is visible to
the author/editor/final reader, and use attributes for metadata relating to
the content, but it really depends on what you are doing.

Phil 


> From: Sebastien Clement <sclement@nm1.radio-canada.ca>
> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:49:28 -0400
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Attributes VS Elements
> 
> Is there a good resource, or a best practices article, on when to use
> elements versus attributes in an XML document?
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> Sébastien Clément
> Web Systems Architect - CBC/Radio-Canada
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