George, either way will work. The by product of making xml attribute centric (fields inside the label) is that it produces smaller files (about half the size of element centric). If your producing small files that may be read by an admin, then go with element centric as it is easier to read. Otherwise attribute centric is much better for storage and transfer.
Norm On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:06 AM, George Gallen <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm importing some XML, and a question came up with the following: I'm > writing a small xml extraction program > to setup a dynamic array, what is the difference between putting a field > inside the label vs putting the field > between the tags of the label? Aren't they both a subset of the label? I > always thought that if the field was > a single value field, it would be quoted and inside the label, but if it > could be a multivaled field, it would go > between the field tags, with it's own field/tags. > > <Result precision="address"><Latitude>39.931085</Latitude> > <Longitude>-77.387943</Longitude><Address>1001 N Some Rd</Address> > > > <City>Somewhere</City><State>PA</State><Zip>15063-1404</Zip><Country>US</Country> > </Result> > > Could this have formatted just as well as: > > <Result><precision>address</precision><Latitude>39.931085</Latitude> > <Longitude>-77.387943</Longitude><Address>1001 N Some Rd</Address> > > <City>Somewhere</City><State>PA</State><Zip>19063-1404</Zip><Country>US</Country> > </Result> > > or > > <Result precision="address" Latitude="39.931085" Longitude="-77.387943" > Address="1001 N Some Rd" City="Somewhere" State="PA" Zip="19063-1404" > Country="US"></Result> > > > George Gallen > Senior Programmer/Analyst > Accounting/Data Division, EDI Administrator > [email protected] > ph:856.848.9005 Ext 220 > The Wyanoke Group > http://www.wyanokegroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
