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Attributes vs Elements
- To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
- Subject: Attributes vs Elements
- From: Krister Ungerboeck <KristerU at ungerboeck dot com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:10:31 -0500
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
What are the advantages of writing XML using attributes vs elements?
It seems that there may be a performance increase using attributes because
the size of the file is smaller, but what are the other considerations?
For example, I could create an XML file putting all data into elements as
follows (approx 65 bytes):
<person>
<name>Krister</name>
<company>SomeCompany</company>
<person>
or I could put the data into attributes (46 bytes, approx 25% smaller):
<person name="Krister" company="someCompany"/>
All insights appreciated.
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