[Dev] attributes in the xml syntax

[Kervin L. Pierre]

If you're designing the grammar...
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html

I think child elements are preferred when possible but
results in more verbose code.

-
Kervin


Alec Flett wrote:
>   Another question:
> it reasonable/accepted/endorsed to say
> 
> <SomeItem itsName="foo" blockName="foo" selectedItemAttribute="bar"/>
> 
> instead of
> 
> <SomeItem itsName="foo">
>   <blockName>foo</blockName>
>   <selectedItemAttribute>bar</selectedItemAttribute>
> </SomeItem>
> 
> and so forth?
> i.e. is it correct to assume that these three statements are identical?
> * <tag attr="value"/>
> * <tag><attr>value</attr></tag>
> * <tag><attr value="value"/></tag> (I just saw this for the first time 
> yesterday)
> 
> Alec
> 
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