- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:59:35 -0400
- To: "WAI EO WG" <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
Per our discussion this morning, I return to the original source for the concepts that are now used in XML, HTML, etc: ISO 8879 SGML 4.110 element: A component of the hierarchical structure defined by a document type definition (DTD); it is identified in a document instance by descriptive markup, usually a start-tag and end-tag. Note: an element is classified as being of a particular element type. 4.114 Element type: A class of elements having similar characteristics; for example, paragraph, chapter, abstract, footnote, or bibliography. 4.9 Attribute (of an element): A characteristic quality, other than type or content. Attribute values are specified in "attribute specification lists", which occur in start-tags, ....There are fifteen types of attribute values. 4.15 attribute specification: a member of an attribute specification list; it specifies the name and value of a single attribute. 7.9 Attribute Specification List list members are pairs: attribute name and its value. ==== Note: the only permitted attributes (and possibly restrictions on their allowable values) are included in the document type definition (or more recently a schema). Best Regards/Harvey Bingham http://www.hbingham.com
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