KickStart Tutorial XML by Jan Kampherbeek - HTML preview
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XML Attributes
Attributes
Elements in XML can use attributes. The syntax is:<element attribute-name = "attribute-value">....</element>
The value of an attribute needs to be quoted, even if it contains only numbers. An example
<car color = "green">volvo</car>
The same information can also be defined without using attributes: <car>
<brand>volvo</brand> <color>green</color>
</car>
Avoid attributes
When possible try to avoid attributes. Data structures are more easy described in XMLtags.
Software that checks XML-documents can do a better job with tags than with attributes.