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Re: Deciding XML structure

From: Martin Honnen <mahotrash@-----.-->
To: NULL
Date: 8/5/2007 2:29:00 PM

Mark wrote:
> Basic question (I think); when is it best to use one element with 
> attributes vs. one without and child elements? For example:
> <book title="Some Book" author="Anderson, Jones"></book>
> versus:
> 
> <book>
>    <title>Some Book</title>
>    <author>Anderson</author>
>    <author>Jones</author>
> </book>
> 
> Is there a rule or best practice?

If you have several values like for the authors then I stronly suggest 
to choose child elements as that way when the XML is parsed you get 
access to each author while the attribute only gives you one attribute 
value "Anderson, Jones" and XML parsers/tools (DOM, XSLT/XPath 1.0) will 
not assist you in accessing items in that value.


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	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/


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