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Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification

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To: Bob Foster <bob@objfac.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:40:49 +0100
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Bob Foster wrote:
> The file would be even smaller if written with attributes, that is, in XML.

It should be noted though that putting human-readable descriptions in 
attributes is by and large considered to be extremely poor vocabulary 
design.

>  >     <product_item>
>  >       <part_description>3 1/2" Spanner</part_description>
>  >     </product_item>

-- 
Robin Berjon
   Research Scientist
   Expway, http://expway.com/

References:
- An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
  - From: "Collin Hsu" <collin@w3china.org>
- Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
  - From: david.lyon@computergrid.net
- Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
  - From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@rpbourret.com>
- Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
  - From: david.lyon@computergrid.net
- Re: [xml-dev] An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
  - From: Bob Foster <bob@objfac.com>

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