- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:23:08 +0100
On 13/03/2007 07:12, Karl Dubost wrote: > more references, food for thoughts. > > * Markup design: elements or attributes? > http://annevankesteren.nl/2004/07/markup > > * Principles of XML design: When to use elements versus attributes > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html > > * SGML/XML: Using Elements and Attributes > http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/elementsAndAttrs.html I would add a major principle, rarely explicit : PRAGMATISM. Sometimes purity calls for an element while browser implems call for an attribute ; or the contrary. And even if implem issues should not apply in theory, they do apply in real life... </Daniel>
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