No, it's not an older method. There is no absolute definition of
when to use
elements versus attributes. There are, however, some attempts at
defining
general principles:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html
Thanks for the link and the code example, Mark. I certainly learned
something here and realize my XML existence has been somewhat sheltered.
In the absence of no absolute definition, I propose we refer to the
more common XML expected as "The Popular XML" version. :-)
I guess if approach XML as a programming language, then there are many
methods to make use of it. I've thought of XML as I do HTML as being a
format and not a programming language. I had a similar discussion
years ago when someone argued that nroff was a language because it
could do loops.
David Roth
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