Re: Conceptual modelling of attributes

On Jun 11, 2007, at 15:56, Henrik Dvergsdal wrote:

> So my question is: What should be the conceptual model of element  
> attributes?

  * An attribute may be present or not present.
  * If it is present, it is a string triple: namespace, local name  
and value. For most attributes, the namespace has a marker value that  
signifies no namespace.
  * The HTML-specific DOM properties that reflect attributes behave  
as required by legacy and may not have a clean conceptual model.

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Henri Sivonen
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Received on Monday, 11 June 2007 14:04:47 UTC