Hi,

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> The DOM specification says this about createElement
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#ID-2141741547)
>
> In addition, if there are known attributes with default values, Attr
> nodes representing them are automatically created and attached to the
> element.

The spec is actually misleading here. In some situations (e.g., XML
Schema-based validation) the "type" of the element (and thus the list
of default attributes) could only be determined after it has been
inserted into the document.

hth,
-boris
-- 
Boris Kolpackov
Code Synthesis Tools CC
http://www.codesynthesis.com
Open-Source, Cross-Platform C++ XML Data Binding


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