Re: Distinguishing Attributes and Content

Sorry if I confused anybody.

> On Tue, 20 May 1997, Paul Prescod wrote:
> > But the "traditional" SGML grove has each character as a peer node with
> > elements buried in it.
> 
> Huh?? Boss, you have thrown me into utter confusion. Elements buried in
> *characters*?

Sorry: buried within the #PCDATA block. Each character is a node. Each element
is a node. Thinking of them as attributes "groups" them so that the group
of characters becomes a single node and each character is thus no longer
a peer of the element.

 Paul Prescod

Received on Tuesday, 20 May 1997 14:34:36 UTC