Re: [xml-dev] Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pai

[Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com>]

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   a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 7:42 AM Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

Hi Folks,

 

Someone once told me:

 

               Call it what it is.
               Don’t invent some artificial name.

 

The items in yellow:

 

<Person name="John Doe" employer="Acme Inc." age="30">…</Person>

 

are name-value pairs.

 

Why does XML call them “attributes”?

 

/Roger